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I told myself it was the snow—she couldn’t possibly get to Philadelphia on the roads. I told myself a hundred lies. Children do that. It’s amazing the sorts of things you’ll make yourself believe.

Libba Bray

Children, Lying, Believe

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With each shimmy, the bugle beads on their scandalously revealing costumes swung and shook. It was the sort of display Evie knew her mother would have found appalling—an example of the moral decay of the young generation. It was sexual and dangerous and thrilling, and Evie wanted more of it.

Libba Bray

Mother, Young Generation, Example

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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.

Libba Bray

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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He told me that once, in the war, he’d come upon a German soldier in the grass with his insides falling out; he was just lying there in agony. The soldier had looked up at Sergeant Leonard, and even though they didn’t speak the same language, they understood each other with just a look. The German lying on the ground; the American standing over him. He put a bullet in the soldier’s head. He didn’t do it with anger, as an enemy, but as a fellow man, one soldier helping another.

Libba Bray

War, Lying, Fall

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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.

Libba Bray

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.

Libba Bray

Dark, Light, Order

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

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Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in a voice of affected mystery. “Really, Mabesie. You might want to reconsider—he is a bit of a killjoy.

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Voice, Hot, Doe

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Amen, sister, ... All apologies to Tom Cruise.

Libba Bray

Apology, Cruise, Amen

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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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I'm going to eviscerate you and leave your organs on a pike in the yard as a warning to those who wear large jewelry.

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Yards, Warning, Jewelry

Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.135, Delacorte Press

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Did they find something wanting in you, Gemma, at the party? You didn’t speak too freely or behave…strangely?” I grew claws and bayed at the moon. I confessed that I eat the hearts of small children. I told them I like the French.

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Children, Party, Heart

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

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You are truly Satan's sequined spawn.

Libba Bray

Satan, Spawn

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.116, Scholastic Inc.

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What makes a girl a girl? What makes a guy a guy? Do you have to be what they want you to be? Or do you stop and listen to that voice inside you? I know who I am. I'm Petra West. And I'm a girl. You want me to sleep somewhere else, fine. Whatever. But I'm not going to pretend to be somebody I'm not. I've done enough of that.

Libba Bray

Girl, Sleep, Somewhere Else

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They swoon over Tom, who preens for them, bowing, which sets them to blushing and giggling. God help us all.

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Helping, Blushing, God Help Us

Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time."-A Great and Terrible Beauty

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Light, Forgiving, Awful

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Greetings, ax murderer! I was just wondering how you like your eggs?

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Eggs, Wonder, Murderer

Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.36, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Free the snow globes!

Libba Bray

Snow, Globes, Going Bovine

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Perhaps this is how girls fall -- not in some crime of enchantment at the hands of a wicked ne'er-do-well, a grand before and after in which they are innocent victims who have no say in the matter. Perhaps they simply are kissed and want to kiss back. Perhaps they even kiss first. And why should they not?

Libba Bray

Girl, Fall, Kissing

Libba Bray (2007). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.615, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him," Miss Ohio said with a contented sigh. "And then we can have our own reality show about our relationship." - "Beauty Queens

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Queens, Reality, Ohio

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.266, Scholastic Inc.

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Things aren't good or bad in and of themselves. It's what we do with them that makes them so.

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Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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Didn't you have any sadistic nannies who told you these tales to keep you quiet and well behaved at night? Heavens, what's to become of the Empire if governesses have lost their touch for scaring the wits out of their girls?

Libba Bray

Girl, Night, Heaven

Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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...I took Advanced PowerPoint last semester. You guys are always misunderestimating me. I'm totally ready to handle the big stuff.

Libba Bray

Guy, Stuff, Lasts

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.106, Scholastic Inc.

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One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a shame.

Libba Bray

Couple, Alps, Arguing

Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again," I say, cheerily. "It's sitting in plain view on your chair in the great hall. I do hope that was the best place for it.

Libba Bray

Wise, Thinking, Views

Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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