Libba Bray Quotes - Page 10

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• ...because really, sometimes the irony gods just get drunk.

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  Drunk, Irony, Sometimes

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• Look, I know this seems a little half-assed...' 'No, dude. I'd be thrilled if this plan were half-assed. This is, like, no-assed.' 'You're right. It's the most no-assed thing I've ever done in my life.

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  Done, Half, Littles

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.134, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it? Do you know how long it takes for Listeria to grow under those hot lamps, even with ice?' Here we go. 'It can happen in just five hours. Five hours and you've got the salad bar of death!' The waitress looks confused. 'From Listerine?

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  Confused, Eye, Night

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.140, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Beggin' your pardon, miss, but I was told you be the one to help me cross on to the next world." "Who told you this?" His eyes widen. "A fearsome creature with a head full of snakes!" "You musn't fear her," I say, taking the man's hand and leading his toward the river. "She's as tame as a pussycat. She'd probably lick your hand given the chance." "Didn't seem harmless," he whispers, shuddering. "Yes, well, things are not always as they appear, sir, and we must learn to judge for ourselves.

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  Eye, Men, Hands

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• Goodbye," I whisper at last, when it no longer matters and there is no one to hear it but the window.

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  Goodbye, Matter, Lasts

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.1166, Delacorte Press

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• Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't actually see it or touch it. But to the Brahma, it simply doesn't exist the way the air and the earth, pain and loss do. To him, the banker's reality is folly. To the banker, the Brahma's ideas are as inconsequential as dust.

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  Pain, Real, Book

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.217, Delacorte Press

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• I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy

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  Hockey, Sticks, Should

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• It's as if I've inherited a skin I cannot quite fit, and so I walk about constantly pulling and and tugging, pinning and pruning, trying desperately to fill it out, hoping that no one will look at me struggling and say, 'That one there- she's a fraud, Look how she doesn't fit at all.

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  Struggle, Trying, Skins

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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• The rules of magic, my dear, are best not discusses. For once we understand the illusion, we no longer believe it.

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  Believe, Magic, Illusion

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

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• Everyone seems to want more form me. I am a thoroughly disappointing girl around. I shall wear a scarlet 'D' upon my bosom for all to see so that they will know not to raise their expectations.

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  Girl, Expectations, Want

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• Travel opens your mind as few other things do.

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  Mind

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• Ain't that a sight? With all the things we know and learn, we still ain't touched the big mysteries -- where we come from, where we go next, why we even her. And when something truly miraculous happens, we run and hide in our caves. We deny.

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  Running, Sight, Where We Come

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• - 'Music opens your soul, makes you ready.' - 'Ready for what?' - He smiles big. 'Exactly.

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  Soul, Bigs, Ready

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.157, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Everything is randomly connected.

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  Connected

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• Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.

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  School, Appreciate, Understanding

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.6, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I've been poked and prodded in places I'd always prided myself on keeping untouched for that one special doctor who gives me a ring and a promise someday.

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  Doctors, Giving, Promise

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.77, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• All the small, simple, conscious acts of living a sudden defense against the dying we do every day.

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  Simple, Dying, Defense

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.245, Simon and Schuster

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• There are no wrong decisions ― only different ones.

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  Decision, Different, Wrong Decision

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• You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.

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  Laughing, Magic, Screws

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• Without further warning, the sky opens up and cries.

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  Sky, Warning, Cry

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• The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.

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  Pain, Soul, Weight

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

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• There was something about the island that made the girls forget who they had been. All those rules and shalt nots. They were no longer waiting for some arbitrary grade. They were no longer performing. Waiting. Hoping. They were becoming. They were.

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  Girl, Islands, Waiting

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.207, Scholastic Inc.

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• As one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the whole world, bodies flying high in defiance of gravity, as if they will never fall.

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  Fall, Flying High, Laughing

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• Ahem. Dear Jesus," Taylor intoned more fervently. "We just want to thank you for gettin' us here safe ---" There was a loud, gurgling groan. Somebody shouted, "Oh my gosh! Miss Delaware just died!" "--- for gettin some of us here safe," Taylor continued. "And we pray that, as we are fine, upstandin', law-abidin' girls who represent the best of the best, you will protect us from harm and keep us safe until we are rescued and can tell our story to People magazine. Amen." - "Beauty Queens

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  Girl, Jesus, Queens

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.13, Scholastic Inc.

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• Taylor clapped three times for attention. "Ladies! Ladies! My stars! That's enough. Now. We all know Miss Arkansas's girls are fake, Miss Ohio's easier than making cereal, and Miss Montana's dress is something my blind meemaw would wear to bingo night." - "Beauty Queens

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  Girl, Stars, Queens

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

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