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But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on.

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Moving, Past, Choices

Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.1342, Delacorte Press

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Will was making a speech, something about having been young and careless once, the sort of thing old-timers said when they issued a deathblow, as if they thought their sanctimonious ramblings disguised as empathy would be welcomed, but Evie was only half listening.

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Empathy, Listening, Would Be

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It isn't that we do what we want. It's that we're allowed to want at all.

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Want

Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.240, Delacorte Press

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Prohibition? I drink to its health whenever I can.

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Drink, Prohibition, I Can

Libba Bray (2015). “It's Just a Jump to the Left”, p.43, Hachette UK

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Reminds us that greatness lies even in the smallest of moments, in the humblest of hearts, and we shall, each of us, be called to greatness. Whether we shall rise to meet it or let it slip away is the challenge put before us all.

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Lying, Heart, Greatness

Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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She never utters a sound even when she's crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn't seem right. When you cry, people should hear you. The world should stop.

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People, Sound, World

Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.181, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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What happened to the winner" Adina asked. "She tripped." "And the first runner-up?" Miss Michigan cracked her knuckles. "She tripped, too.

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Missing, Michigan, Knuckles

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

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I wouldn’t expect you to get it, Daisy. You don’t look at anything besides Photoplay—and even then somebody’s gotta explain the pictures to you.” Daisy’s mouth hung open in outrage. “Well, I never!” “Yeah, that’s what you tell all your fellas, but the rest of us aren’t buying it. Go away, now, Daisy. Shoo, little fly!

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Going Away, Looks, Mouths

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I feel like I swallowed a Magritte. Like on the inside, I'm made of clouds and floating eyes, green apples, and slowly rising men in bowler hats.

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Eye, Men, Clouds

Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.185, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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My personal motto is: WWWWD?: What Would Wonder Woman Do?

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Wonder Woman, Wonder, Motto

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.71, Scholastic Inc.

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Life don’t come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain’t nobody handing it to us.

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Memphis

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Any librarian or scholar will tell you: Close is not the same as accurate.

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Librarian, Scholar, Accurate

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It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

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Missing, Affection, Enough

Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.

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Art, Pain, Regret

Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

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But we can't go back. We can only go forward.

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Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

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Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.

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Jobs, Realizing, Librarian

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I've never done acid, finding it hard to go willingly to a place that could be frightening, hellish, and totally beyond my control. A place much like high school.

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School, Done, Acid

Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.10, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Please do not strain yourself, Miss Doyle. I won't have my girls going cross-eyed in the name of art.

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Girl, Art, Names

Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.95, Delacorte Press

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In a world beyond this one, that river goes on singing sweetly, enchanting us with what we want to hear, shaping what we need to see in order to keep going. In those waters, all disappointments are forgotten, our mistakes forgiven. Gazing into them, we see a strong father. A loving mother. Warm rooms where we are sheltered, adored, wanted. And the uncertainty of our futures is nothing more than the fog of breath on a windowpane.

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Mother, Strong, Disappointment

Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.337, Delacorte Press

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I've never been in love. I will die without knowing what it feels like to need to see one person's face when you go to sleep at night, to crave seeing it when you wake up. I wish I knew.

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Sleep, Night, Knowing

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My platform's called Don't Even Think About It. I go to schools and I say, 'Whatever bad thing it is you're thinking of doing, don't even think about it. 'Cause I can see into your soul, and I will hide in your closet and come for you in the night, and the last sound you ever hear will be my sharp teeth popping through the flesh of my gums, ready to eat you.' Their eyes get all big. It's awesome. I love little kids, man. They're the cutest

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Eye, School, Kids

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You are unique, and this is a beautiful, beautiful thing, grasshopper.

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Beautiful, Unique, Grasshoppers

Libba Bray (2003). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.416, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Chin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. "I want to be a motivational speaker." "What are you going to motivate people to do?" Smile still in place, she cut her eyes at Adina. "You know. Motivational ... stuff.

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Eye, Cutting, Ohio

Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.55, 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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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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