Franny Billingsley Quotes

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Even a witch wants sympathy.

Franny Billingsley

Sympathy, Want, Witch

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.130, A&C Black

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Witches don’t look like anything. Witches are. Witches do.

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Looks, Witch

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.291, A&C Black

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If you say a word, it leaps out and becomes the truth. I love you. I believe it. I believe I am loveable. How can something as fragile as a word build a whole world?

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Believe, Love You, World

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.361, A&C Black

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When we were small, Rose and I used to play a game called connect the dots. I loved it. I loved drawing a line from dot number 1 to dot number 2 and so on. Most of all, I loved the moment when the chaotic sprinkle of dots resolved itself into a picture. That's what stories do. They connect the random dots of life into a picture. But it's all an illusion. Just try to connect the dots of life. You'll end up with a lunatic scribble.

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Games, Play, Drawing

Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.45, Penguin

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Death had no lips, but it was smiling

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Lips

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.49, A&C Black

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Actually, it would be assumed that the young lady had no such impulses at all, but I’ll tell you something: Chocolate melts on my tongue too.

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Chocolate, Would Be, Tongue

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.264, A&C Black

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If you don't argue, you can't give in.

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Giving, Arguing, Ifs

Franny Billingsley (2001). “The Folk Keeper”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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I have some questions about betrayal,” I said. “Think about this: A person who calls you his best friend, and says he has dinner plans with you, goes off with a beautiful woman, saying he’ll be back directly, then makes you wait half an hour because he’s kissing the woman in the alley. Is that betrayal?” “Oh, Lord.” Eldric tossed back his wine.

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Beautiful, Betrayal, Wine

Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.161, Penguin

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Poor Petey. I’d like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I’d rather feel at the tender spot on his head and give it a poke.

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Giving, Truth Is, Poor

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.112, A&C Black

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Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out.

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Water, Secret, Dams

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.133, A&C Black

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Father sighed. “Please spare me these arguments of yours.” “Whose arguments should I use?

Franny Billingsley

Father, Use, Argument

Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.87, Penguin

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My own mask stayed just where it ought. I’ve had lots of practice.

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Practice, Mask, Ought

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.137, A&C Black

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You don’t mind when he stares at you.” Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. "He doesn’t stare,” I said. “He looks.

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Mind, Looks, Said

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.147, A&C Black

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Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.

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Want, Dots, Find Me

Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.217, Penguin

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Did I kill him?” I said. “No, miss,” said Robert. “Pity.

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Missing, Pity, Said

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.106, A&C Black

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Now that’s true poetic irony. I rush into battle to defend the fair name of Rose Larkin, and what does she do but fetch Robert to stop me.

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Names, Rose, Battle

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.105, A&C Black

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Despite her cough, Rose was in unusually good spirits. That was irritating. If I’m to trade my life for Rose’s, I’d appreciate her exhibiting a touch of melancholy. Also acceptable would be despair.

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Appreciate, Rose, Despair

Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.65, Penguin

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Eavesdropping is such a regular-person activity.

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Persons, Activity, Eavesdropping

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.75, A&C Black

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He’s harmless, poor thing. That’s what everyone said. It was true, but who cares? Lots of people are harmless, but that doesn’t mean I have to like them.

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Mean, People, Who Cares

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.73, A&C Black

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I’m not really the sacrificing type.

Franny Billingsley

Sacrifice, Type

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.71, A&C Black

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Let’s hope she’s like the others, who look only at the surface. Let’s hope she’d never think that a girl with black-velvet eyes and cut-glass cheekbones could be a witch.

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Girl, Eye, Cutting

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.152, A&C Black

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I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I sound as though I’m joking, I know, but I should truly hate to be like Leanne, so charming and ordinary and stuffed with clichéd feelings. I’m glad I’m the ice maiden. Who wants to be crying over every stray dog? Not I. Scratch my surface and what do you see? More surface.

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Girl, Dog, Hate

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.157, A&C Black

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Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow. The girl has a wicked stepmother: She has a mother hollow. In a story, a baby comes along to fill the child hollow. But in life, the hollows continue empty.

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Girl, Mother, Baby

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.160, A&C Black

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I explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.

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Jesus, Father, Fall

Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.20, Penguin

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A girl can have the face of an angel but have a horrid sort of heart.

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Girl, Heart, Angel

Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.1, A&C Black

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