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She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.

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Lying, Fighting, Giving

Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.502, Simon and Schuster

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I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-" "The world does not forgive mistakes so quickly, my girl." He sounds bitter and sad. "If the world will not forgive me," I say softly, "I shall have to learn to forgive myself." He nods in understanding. "And how will you marry? Or do you intend to marry?" I think of Kartik, and tears threaten. "I shall meet someone one day, as Mother found you.

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Girl, Mother, Father

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It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do not see warmth or wisdom; I see fear. You're afraid of losing your hold on them,' I say coolly. I? I have no power.' Don't you? If you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.' They will remain protected,' Asha insists. No,' I say. 'Only untested' -page 569

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Magic, Pages, Legacy

Libba Bray (2009). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.364, Simon and Schuster

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They don't know what they're in for at Spence, getting me, a ghost of a girl who'll nod and smile and take her tea but who isn't really here.

Libba Bray

Girl, Tea, Ghost

Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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I am dying a thousand cruel and unusual deaths as fifty pairs of eyes take me in, size me up like something that should be hanging over a fireplace in a gentleman's den.

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Eye, Gentleman, Dying

Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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When the music is over, she keeps her head down till she finds her seat again, and 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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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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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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In our travels, we have come across many equations--math for understanding the universe, for making music, for mapping stars, and also for tipping, which is important. Here is our favorite equation: Us plus Them equals All of Us. It is very simple math. Try it sometime. You probably won’t even need a pencil.

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Stars, Math, Simple

Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.428, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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To live is to love, to love is to live.

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Love Is

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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?

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Girl, Fall, Kissing

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

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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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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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I've had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.

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Girl, Bikinis, Sticks

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.367, Scholastic Inc.

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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.

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Wise, Thinking, Views

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

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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.

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Couple, Alps, Arguing

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

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Girl, Night, Heaven

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

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

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Guy, Stuff, Lasts

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

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Please, I'm a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don't know how to defend myself?

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Boys, Thinking, Transgender

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.365, Scholastic Inc.

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The Corporation would like to apologize for the preceding pages. Of course, it's not all right for girls to behave this way. Sexuality is not meant to be this way - an honest, consensual expression in which a girl might take an active role when she feels good and ready and not one minute before. No. Sexual desire is meant to sell soap. And cars. And beer. And religion.

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Girl, Beer, Expression

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.208, Scholastic Inc.

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You are truly Satan's sequined spawn.

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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.

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Girl, Sleep, Somewhere Else

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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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