How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Darning needle-dragonfly, sew up these ears, so they not hear!"
Cold sand funneled Will's ears, burying her voice. Muffled, far away, fading, she chanted on with a rustle, tick, tickle, tap, flourish of caliper hands. (43.65-43.66)
This is where the novel's spookiness gets really real for us. The Dust Witch actually has supernatural powers. No more "Is it real?" questions here.
Quote #8
He saw the Witch.
He saw her fingers working at the air, his face, his body, the heart within his body, and the soul within the heart. Her swamp breath flooded him while, with immense curiosity, he watched the poisonous drizzle from her lips, counted the folds in her stitch-wrinkled eyes, the Gila monster neck, the mummy-linen ears, the dry-rivulet river-sand brow. (44.30-44.31)
Look at how Bradbury's use of language here heightens the whole effect. He's basically saying that the Dust Witch is a wrinkled crone, but the way he does it is oh-so-creepy.