“She'll tell herself that what she really wanted was not to live forever, but to stop worrying. 'What if I change?' she asked the fortune teller, all those years ago, sure that knowledge could save her from bad luck and tragedy. 'Most people don't,' the woman said.” WorryFateAnxietyMental IllnessWorries Book:The Immortalists Source: The Immortalists
“By the time she was six, even her own parents were dead. God must have seemed less likely than chance, goodness less likely than evil--so Gertie knocked on wood and crossed fingers, tossed coins into fountains and rice over shoulders. When she prayed, she bargained.” GodReligionBeliefFateSuperstitionSuperstitious Book:The Immortalists Source: The Immortalists