Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.
~ Donna Tartt
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Elizabeth: (looking into the window of the neighbor's house from our back yard): Michelle... there's a nun! If I didn't see the front of her, I'd think she was one of those scary people from Scream.
Maddie: Yeah. Who wears their nun outfit anymore? And there's a priest with her.
Elizabeth: Yeah, a priest. Or a pope.
Maddie: He's wearing black, so I don't think he's a pope.
Elizabeth: Why do they wear black? Don't they go to church? And aren't people who go to church angels? And don't angels wear white?
Maddie: Yeah, Grandma goes to church.
Elizabeth: Yeah, but she wears different kinds of things. She's a different kind of angel.
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