Franny Billingsley Quotes - Page 2

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• It's one thing to keep secrets. It's quite another to lie.

  Franny Billingsley

  Lying, Secret, One Thing

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.261, A&C Black

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• A poem doesn’t come out and tell you what it has to say. It circles back on itself, eating its own tail and making you guess what it means.

  Franny Billingsley

  Mean, Circles, Tails

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.5, A&C Black

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• I don't know what it is, but I ache for it each day. It's as though I have eyes, but there are colors I cannot see. As though I have ears, but there's a range of notes I cannot hear.

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  Eye, Color, Each Day

  Franny Billingsley (2001). “The Folk Keeper”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you small as a grain of rice. It twists in your gut like a worm. Silence clawed at my throat. It left a taste of burnt matches.

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  Father, Silence, Twists

  Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.15, Penguin

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• It's strange how a person can have a distinct distaste for herself, but still she clutches on to life.

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  Strange, Clutch, Persons

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.92, A&C Black

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• I was asking about lust, wasnʼt I? I was fairly certain of it. But isnʼt love supposed to come before lust? It does in the dictionary.

  Franny Billingsley

  Lust, Doe, Asking

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• Death had no lips, but it was smiling

  Franny Billingsley

  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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• 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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• I might be a wicked girl who'd think nothing of eating a baby for breakfast, but I'd never allow myself to get expelled. It's far too public.

  Franny Billingsley

  Girl, Baby, Thinking

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.18, A&C Black

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• It wasn't quite a question. It was more of an invitation to tell him whatever I chose. Eldric game me a choice, and it was this that made me want to tell him everything.

  Franny Billingsley

  Games, Choices, Want

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• He scooped up my arm, swung me round. “Let go, Cecil,” I said. “I’ve a strange dislike of being forced.” “But Briony,” he said, “I’m so full of good spirits. I could walk to London, I think!” Why didn’t he?

  Franny Billingsley

  Letting Go, Thinking, Arms

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.173, A&C Black

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• I am entirely well,” said Eldric, “which has Dr. Rannigan exploring first one theory, then another, trying to understand. But not being a man of science, I don’t care about understanding. I simply want to go outside and break a few windows.

  Franny Billingsley

  Men, Understanding, Trying

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• We laughed a lot and I grew warmer still, lovely and warm. I do realize that some of that warmth was due to the wine, but there was much more to it than that. There are two distinct aspects to Communion wine: one aspect is the wine itself, the other is the idea of communion. Wine is certainly warming, but communion is a great deal more so.

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  Wine, Ideas, Two

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.168, 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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• Boxing’s not that straightforward,” said Eldric. “You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually.

  Franny Billingsley

  Real, Practice, Boxing

  Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.149, Penguin

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• Perhaps you should put your head down.” I knew this was the thing to do, although I’ve never fainted and I don’t intend to.

  Franny Billingsley

  Should, Things To Do

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• Blast Cecil!” said Eldric. “You have my permission,” I said.

  Franny Billingsley

  Permission, Blast, Said

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.261, A&C Black

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• Thoughts are strange creatures. They lead you from one thing to another. Sometimes you don’t know how you got from one to the next.

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  Next, Strange, Sometimes

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.261, A&C Black

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• You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves.

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  Complaining, Nerves, Calm

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.340, A&C Black

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• That’s where proper stories begin, don’t they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong?

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  Stories, Handsome, Stranger

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.2, 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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• 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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• 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.

  Franny Billingsley

  Girl, Eye, Cutting

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.152, 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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