Libba Bray Quotes - Page 14

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• That's what living in their world is-a big lie. An illusion where everyone looks the other way and pretends that nothing unpleasant exists at all, no goblins of the dark, no ghosts of the soul.

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  Lying, Dark, Soul

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• The night's chilly breath tickles up my neck and finds my ear, whispering secrets only the wind knows.

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  Night, Wind, Secret

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Felicity and I watch the dancers moving as one. They spin about like the earth on it's axis, enduring the dark, waiting for the sun.

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  Moving, Dark, Axes

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.524, Simon and Schuster

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• The trouble with morning is that it comes well before noon.

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  Morning, Noon, Trouble

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• If God has nothing better to do than punish schoolgirls for a bit of tomfoolery, then I've no use for God.

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  Use, Bits, Ifs

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• I wonder how many times each day she dies a little.

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  Each Day, Littles, Wonder

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• For the first time, I notice the lax skin at Mrs. Nightwing's jaw, the fine down that lies upon her cheek like the imprint of a childe's hand, and I wonder what it must be like watching yourself soften under the years, unable to stop it. what it's like measuring your days in perfecting girls' curtsies and drinking nightly glasses of sherry, trying to keep up with the world as it pulls you spinning into the furure, knowing you are always one step behind it.

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  Girl, Lying, Drinking

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• All morning, Spence has been a well-oiled machine of activity. Everyone doing her bit, quietly and efficiently. It's strange how deliberate people are after a death. All the indecision suddenly vanishes into clear, defined moments--changing the linens, choosing a dress or a hymn, the washing up, the muttering of prayers. All the small, simple, conscious acts of living a sudden defense against the dying we do every day.

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  Morning, Prayer, Simple

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

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• Did you hear? You are free." Yessss. Choice. It is a fine thing. And I choose to take you back, Most High.

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  Choices, Fine Things, Fine

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.365, Simon and Schuster

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• Or perhaps it is some combination of spirit and desire, love and hope, some alchemy that we each possess and can put to use, if we first know where to look without flinching.

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  Desire Love, Looks, Use

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.366, Simon and Schuster

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• Simon, would you still care for me if you discovered I was not who I say I am?" What do you mean?" I mean would you still care for me, no matter what you came to know?" What a thing to ponder. I don't know what to say." The answer is no. He does not need to say it. With a sigh, Simon digs at the fire with the iron poker. Bits of the charred log fall away, revealing the angry insides. they flare orange for a moment, then quiet down again. After three tries, he gives up. I'm afraid this fire's had it." I can see a few embers remaining. "No, I think not. If..." He sighs, and it says everything.

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  Giving Up, Fall, Mean

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• Because you can't keep up the illusion forever," I say. "No one has that much magic.

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  Forever, Magic, Illusion

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.376, Simon and Schuster

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• We don't look at each other anymore. Not really. Not since I pulled him from that opium den. Now when I look at him, I see the addict. And when he looks at me, he sees what he would rather not remember. I wish I could be his adored little girl again, sitting at his side.

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  Girl, Wish, Looks

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• No person has ever held all the power. There must be a balance between chaos and order, dark and light. With the Temple magic bound to you, the realms are no longer in balance. The power could change you... and you could change the magic.

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  Dark, Light, Order

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• I shan't ever understand your willingness to lie down and die," Felicity bars. "If you won't at least try to fight, I have no sympathy for you.

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  Lying, Fighting, Trying

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• Forget your pain. It was what I said when I took Father's hand in the drawing room yesterday, what I repeated again tonight. But I didn't mean this. I must be careful. Yet what bothers me isn't the power of the magic or how, to a person, they've all accepted it as truth. No, what unsettles me the most is how much I want to believe it too.

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  Pain, Father, Believe

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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• Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else.

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  Beautiful, Girl, Thinking

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• There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the society itself? They reap its rewards without experiencing its costs. No. I submit that loyal, hardworking citizens who push aside their own selfish desires for the good of the whole are the backbone of the world. What if we all decided to run off and live freely without thought or care for society's rules? Our civilization would crumble. There is a joy in duty and a security in knowing one's place...It is the only way.

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  Running, Selfish, Civilization

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• Learn to master yourself-to understand both your fears and your desires. That's the key to magic. Then, no one shall have any hold over you. Remember... the magic (sic)... is a living thing, joined to whomever it touches and changed by them as well... You must come to know everything-even your darkest corners. Especially those...Everything has its price.

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  Keys, Over You, Magic

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• But you've changed,' I whisper. 'Haven't you?' It is the scorpian's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.

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  Mean, Opportunity, You've Changed

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• Tell my brother to remember his heart in all things. That is where his honor and his destiny will be found. Tell him.

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  Brother, Heart, Destiny

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.295, Simon and Schuster

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• We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or right but only straight ahead where they would lead.

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  Horse, Mean, Looks

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.395, Simon and Schuster

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• You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after you. It is my duty." "If you wish to suffer, you do so of your own free will, not on my behalf. Or Father's or Grandmama's or anyone's. You are a fine physician, Thomas. Why is that not enough?" "Because it isn't," he says with a rare candor. "Only this and the hope of nothing more? A quiet respectability with no true greatness or heroism in it, with only my reputation to recommend me. So you see, Gemma, you are not the only one who cannot rule her own life.

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  Father, Greatness, Luxury

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• She was chosen,' Mae insists. No, you're wrong,' I say. 'She was only a girl.'... She was gone for some time. You were the only force that kept her from turning completely. That's magic. Perhaps the most powerful I've seen.' -In response to Felicity's love for Pippa keeping her from turning into a Winterland creature.

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  Girl, Powerful, Magic

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• Centuries of fighting, and for what? I say. "Today it ends. I can't live in fear any longer. I've cursed this power. I've both enjoyed and misused it. And I've hidden it away. Now I must try to wield it correctly, to marry it to a purpose and hope that is enough.

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  Fighting, Trying, Purpose

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.501, Simon and Schuster

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