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He thought again of the watch in the window. It had twelve black numbers on its moon face and there was magic to that. For these were numbers that were not really numbers at all but letters like in wo...

Davis Grubb

He thought again of the watch in the window. It had twelve black numbers on its moon face and there was magic to that. For these were numbers that were not really numbers at all but letters like in wo...

Tags: numbers, roman numeral, time

Hing hang hung! the words rang faintly through his daydream like echoes of Miz Cunningham's tart little doorbell. Then he looked again at the old woman herself. Why, she was really quite wonderful - t...

Davis Grubb

Hing hang hung! the words rang faintly through his daydream like echoes of Miz Cunningham's tart little doorbell. Then he looked again at the old woman herself. Why, she was really quite wonderful - t...

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About Author
Davis Alexander Grubb (July 23, 1919 – July 24, 1980) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter, which was
adapted as a film in 1955 by Charles Laughton.

Lord save little children! They abide.

Davis Grubb

Lord save little children! They abide.

Not that you mind the killings! There's plenty of killings in your book, Lord..

Davis Grubb

Not that you mind the killings! There's plenty of killings in your book, Lord..

He thought: Because when you tell a lie it must be to keep from saying a worse thing. Then lying is not a Sin and God will not punish you. (But what if God is one of them?)

Davis Grubb

He thought: Because when you tell a lie it must be to keep from saying a worse thing. Then lying is not a Sin and God will not punish you. (But what if God is one of them?)

Tags: god, lies, questioning religion, sin