Words themselves are all the ghosts we need.

“This here will be the future tense and you will be able to do anything you will…”

“The only grown-up other than Jacob who ever came into his schoolroom was Eli Wi…”

“Jacob realized that if she kept on going like that he might very well cry out h…”

“If you are destined to become a writer, you can't help it. If you can help it, …”