““wasn’t even much of a lie, despite her atheism. Because really, what wasn’t better than Heaven’s Veil? But Clara wouldn’t listen. Didn’t get it. She kept saying that they could just follow Grandpa — a request that made Lila visibly pale and Raj uncomfortable. The girl kept saying that she really wanted to find him, especially if he was on his way to somewhere idyllic. And, because she was Clara, she used that word, too: idyllic. A freaky child prodigy who spoke like a college student but still didn’t understand death. It was like a cartoon evil genius who happens to””
![“The world was full of people struggling along with heavy suitcases, poor men dawdling in doorways until they could get their eyes to focus on the sidewalk, children with bloody noses darting past on skateboards—it was laughable, when you began to watch for who needed help. [...] There was some…” quote by Marina Endicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/71c/marina-endicott-41594_poverty_the-world-was-full-of-people-struggling_2834730.jpg)
