Frank Beddor Quotes

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• And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.

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  Circumstances, Plans, Contingency

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• For no matter what the world, men who deal in headwear are men to be trusted above any other.

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  Men, Matter, World

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• For most of the universe's life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in all its guises, where even to survive - let alone survive with dignity - is heroic. To soldier through the days in the wake of failure is the courageous act of many.

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  Struggle, Adversity, Soldier

  Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• Dodge," Alyss said, putting a hand to the parrallel scars on his cheek, that brand left so long ago by The Cat. She pressed her lips against each of them--four delicate kisses. When she pulled away, he was smiling.

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  Cat, Kissing, Long Ago

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• I'm stronger than you are, Redd.

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  Stronger

  Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• But I killed you,” Alyss said. “Did you?” Red turned to The Cat. “Why wasn’t I informed?

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  Cat, Red, Said

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• I think I speak for all of us when I say, "Huh?"

  Frank Beddor

  Thinking, Speak

  "Seeing Redd". Book by Frank Beddor, 2007.

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• Redd laughed. "The lovely thing about being here," she said, gesturing at the maze, "is that I'm able to immagine your imagination powerless. Ah, if only that were the case on the outside. But enough chitchat. If you're going to die--which you are--I'm sure you'd like to get it over with." --The Looking Glass Wars

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  War, Glasses, Imagination

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• You can't spend so much time in a place and not carry a bit of it inside you.

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  Bits

  Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'" -Dodge(obviously)

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  Thinking, Long, Silence

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• Redd's face contorted with a sudden realization. "How could I have been so stupid?" The Cat was trying to decide if this was a rhetorical question when she roared, "It's a construct!" With a dismiissive swing of Redd's arm, Alyss and her army began to shimmer, the billon points of engery that formed them monentarily visible before exploding apart into nothing. Redd scoped the queendom with her imagination's eye. "Where are you, Alyss? Where is my dear little niece?

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  Niece, Stupid, Cat

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• Most of life is unbearable. It’s unbearable but we bear it

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  Unbearable, Bears, Life Is

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• After the temper subsides and one has a moment to calmly reflect, it isn't uncommon for declarations shouted in a fit of rage to strike one as untrue, and because they may have been hurtful to family, friends, lovers, husbands, or wives, one wishes them unsaid.

  Frank Beddor

  Love, Husband, Wife

  Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• If I lived by some code, my actions would become predictable. The enemy would take advantage of this and I’d be killed. An honorable death doesn’t exist. Death is death. But it’s funny that survival and revenge require the same thing: no honor codes, no supposed higher principles to aspire to, no mercy

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  Revenge, Enemy, Survival

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• Alice of Wonderland was stranded on Earth.

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  Wonderland, Earth, Stranded

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• Redd stared at the bald head bent down before her. How refreshing Vollrath's sacrifice was. He didn't beg for his life. He didn't embarrasss himself with groveling or sniveling, or appeals to her nomexistent mercy. Thinking that he might still be helpful in finding her Looking Glass Maze, she said, "I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.

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  Sacrifice, Thinking, Glasses

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• He talked to himself because there weren't many people as learned as he, and he liked to talk to learned people.

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  People

  Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• The only reason I don't kill him," he remember the woman saying, her voice sounding like the scrape of iron against iron, a corrosion of vocal cords, "is because he's not important enough.

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  Voice, Iron, Important

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• What do you want to do with me?" she asked. You had an unpleasant tumble." He nodded toward the unfamiliar creatures. "My Ganmede friends and I are nursing you back to health, that's all." By drugging me?" (Molly and Arch)

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  Nursing, Arches, Want

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• Molly wants to know her father's name," Arch said to them. "Why don't you give her a hint?" His first name with 'splatter,'" said Ripkins. And 'matter'," said Blister. Also 'fatter,'" said Ripkins. Likewise 'chatter'," added Blister. And his surname?" Arch asked. It rhymes with 'that again'," said Ripkins. And 'Flanagan," put in Blister. Also, um...'pad a fin'?" offered Ripkins. Arch and Blister looked at him. 'Pannikin!'" he said proudly. Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Molly screamed. "You don't know what you're talking about!

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  Father, Talking, Names

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• It had been an annoyingly peacful time in Boarderland, Blister cranky and despressed because he hadn't filled anyone with pus for nearly an enitre lunar cycle.

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  Blisters, Cranky, Filled

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• Whatever power I have is nothing if I can't use it to keep safe those who mean the most to me.

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  Mean, Use, Safe

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• Redd turned to her assassins. "What is it I always say?" The Cat, Sacrenoir, and the others bandied uncertain glances about. "Don’t be stupid?" ventured Alistaire. "I should kill you now?" offered The Cat. "Do I have to murder everyone myself?" tried Siren. "No, idiots! When in doubt, go for the head. That’s what I always say.

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  Stupid, Cat, Doubt

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• It is supposed that power corrupts,' the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "yet the powerful are often corrupt before they are powerful. In fact, I find that they too often become powerful by being corrupt. Whether real or perceived, a lack of power can also corrupt.

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  Powerful, Real, Voice

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• Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.

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  Independent, Silence, Dissent

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