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• There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

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  Tears, India, Way

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.515, Simon and Schuster

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• True affection and love have a purity which shall always prevail over bigotry.

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  And Love, Affection, Purity

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.338, Simon and Schuster

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• In a world like this one, only the random makes sense.

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  World, Anarchy, Make Sense

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.118, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Wanna rock you, girl, with a butterfly tunic. / No, I'm not gay, I'm just your emo enuch. / Gonna smile real shy, won't cop a feel, / 'cause I'm your virgin crush, your supersafe deal. / Let those other guys keep sexing. / You and me, we be texting / 'bout unicorns and rainbows and our perfect love. / Girl, we fit together like a hand in a glove. / Now I don't mean that nasty, tell your mum don't get mad. / I even wrote 'You're awesome' on your maxi pads.

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  Girl, Crush, Emo

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• You're special. I'm special. The whole world's special, so don't you forget it. The universe wants us All to be happy, Full of smiles and all that stuff, All that stuff That's happy and smiley. So get happy, happy, happy right now! Get happy, happy, happy right now! Get happy, happy, happy right now!

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  Special, World, Want

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• It isn't that we do what we want. It's that we're allowed to want at all.

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  Want

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.240, Delacorte Press

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• People aren't always what you want them to be

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  People, Want, What You Want

  Libba Bray (2009). “Rebel Angels”, p.345, Simon and Schuster

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• I can be whatever. You can be whatever. We can be whatever. Whatever, together.

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  Together, I Can

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.206, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find.

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  Sometimes, Ready, Rebel Angels

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no greater power on this earth than story.

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  Stories, Earth, Storytelling

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• Who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?

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  Crazy, Mad, Littles

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.479, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• When she can't bring me to heal with scolding, she bends me to shape with guilt.

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  Family, Home, Guilt

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• I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.

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  Long, Insanity, Mind

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• He said to tell you to remember your heart in all things, that it is where your honor and your destiny will be found. Does it mean anything to you?' It is something he would say from time to time-that the eye could be misled, but that the heart was true.

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  Heart, Mean, Eye

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.1202, Delacorte Press

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• Sitting in my favorite coffeehouse with a new notebook and a hot cup of java is my idea of Heaven.

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  Notebook, Ideas, Heaven

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• I think about dying every day, because I can't stop thinking about living.

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  Thinking, Dying, Because I Can

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.240, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become.

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  Self, Matter, Spirit

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.533, Simon and Schuster

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• In every end, there is also a beginning.

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  Ends

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

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• Writers are also sort of like vultures, but with fewer ethics.

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  Ethics, Vulture, Fewer

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• But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on.

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  Moving, Past, Choices

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.1342, Delacorte Press

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• Reminds us that greatness lies even in the smallest of moments, in the humblest of hearts, and we shall, each of us, be called to greatness. Whether we shall rise to meet it or let it slip away is the challenge put before us all.

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  Lying, Heart, Greatness

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• She never utters a sound even when she's crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn't seem right. When you cry, people should hear you. The world should stop.

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  People, Sound, World

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.181, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• What happened to the winner" Adina asked. "She tripped." "And the first runner-up?" Miss Michigan cracked her knuckles. "She tripped, too.

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  Missing, Michigan, Knuckles

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

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• I wouldn’t expect you to get it, Daisy. You don’t look at anything besides Photoplay—and even then somebody’s gotta explain the pictures to you.” Daisy’s mouth hung open in outrage. “Well, I never!” “Yeah, that’s what you tell all your fellas, but the rest of us aren’t buying it. Go away, now, Daisy. Shoo, little fly!

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  Going Away, Looks, Mouths

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• My personal motto is: WWWWD?: What Would Wonder Woman Do?

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  Wonder Woman, Wonder, Motto

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.71, Scholastic Inc.

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