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

  Franny Billingsley

  Missing, Pity, Said

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

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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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• 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.

  Franny Billingsley

  Wine, Ideas, Two

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.168, 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.

  Franny Billingsley

  Girl, Heart, Angel

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.1, 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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• 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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• It’s one thing if a person learns you’re a witch. It’s quite another if he learns you’re a murderer. I almost forget I’m a witch now that I know I’m a murderer—murderess, actually. Murderess sounds so much worse.

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  Sound, Witch, Forget

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• I hope you don’t mind my joining you,” said Leanne. I minded. After all, she’d tried to kill me. A girl in a novel would say it was hard to believe, but it wasn’t.

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  Girl, Believe, Mind

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.277, 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.

  Franny Billingsley

  Next, Strange, Sometimes

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

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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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• 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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• 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.

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  Real, Practice, Boxing

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

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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.

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  Men, Understanding, Trying

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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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• 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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• 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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• The handkerchief dabbed at my forehead. 'Ouch! You'll have a fine-looking bruise tomorrow.' 'Then you'll be able to distinguish me from Rose.' The handkerchief paused. 'I could tell you apart from the beginning. You're quite different to each other, you know.' Perhaps he could tell, in the obvious ways. The odd one was Rose; the other odd one was Briony.

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  Odd One, Rose, Different

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.108, A&C Black

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• The boy shall have a proper beating,' said Cecil. 'But I beat him already,' I said, 'and don't tell me I didn't do it properly. I'm touchy about these things.

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  Boys, Beats, Said

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

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• I don't like my shoes,' said Rose. 'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.' 'You only hear a person complain,' said Rose. 'Not see.' How has Rose lived for seventeen years and no one has killed her, not once?

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  Sister, Years, Shoes

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.101, A&C Black

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• I still can't understand how Cecil and my old tutor, Fitz, got along so well, when we often called Fitz 'the Genius' and avoided calling Cecil anything at all, so as not to be rude.

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  Rude, Genius, Calling

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.79, A&C Black

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• When Rose takes to screaming, she starts loud, continues loud, and ends loud. Rose has a very good ear and always screams on the same note. I'd tested her before I burnt the library, and our piano along with it. Rose screams on the note B flat. We don't need a piano anymore now that we have a human tuning fork.

  Franny Billingsley

  Piano, Rose, Library

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.39, A&C Black

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• There are no preconditions for jealousy. You don't have to be right, you don't have to be reasonable. Take Othello. He was neither right nor reasonable, and Desdemona ended up dead. I wouldn't mind Leanne ending up dead. I wouldn't mind exploding her into fireworks of peacock and pearl.

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  Mind, Pearls, Fireworks

  Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.113, Penguin

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• It's the picnic principle. Things taste better outdoors. And if it's a forbidden thing, so much the better.

  Franny Billingsley

  Principles, Picnics, Taste

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