“Come on, Father. Stop me. Tell me to behave, to go to hell, something, anything.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Why does it always seem that I have only the shadow of my father? I'm like a child constantly grabbing at his… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
My joke is that my father was a minister and my mother was an English teacher, so I'm trained to see the… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“...it stung, too, knowing that it was easier for his father to erase his only son's existence than it was for him… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Your mother and I do not approve of drinking. Have you not heard of the Eighteenth Amendment?” “Prohibition? I drink to its… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
No one had ever said anything like that to Evie. Her parents always wanted to advise or instruct or command. They were… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The only thing I don't divulge is the truth about Mother killing little Carolina. I don't know why. Perhaps I sense he's… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-" "The world does not forgive mistakes so quickly, my girl." He… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
In a world beyond this one, that river goes on singing sweetly, enchanting us with what we want to hear, shaping what… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Forget your pain. It was what I said when I took Father's hand in the drawing room yesterday, what I repeated again… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“People are…” Mabel wheezed. “Mostly good, you…” Wheeze. “Know? Mostly.” She tried to take a breath. It was hard. Like breathing through… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Come awake, Tom. Fathers can willfully hurt their children. They can be addicts too weak to give up their vices, no matter… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“What Evie needed was a little hair of the dog, but her parents had confiscated her hip flask. It was a swell… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“I know you adore Father, but he isn't the white knight you imagine him to be. He never was. True, he's charming… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“A woman's reputation is her worth... IT is the way it is. You may hate me for saying so, but there is… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“After Jericho's illness crippled him and his parents had abandoned him to the state, it was Will who'd stepped in as guardian.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“What about you and me, Adina?” Duff said, sidling up to her by the railing. “I know I screwed up. But do… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I knew it. You’re an alien,” said her former best friend, the pale, bespectacled creature with the spectacular cleavage. “Yes, I’m an… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“I have never felt more ridiculous. If this is what it means to be a woman I am not the slightest bit interested.” — Libba Bray Copy Share
“The King of Crows raked his fingers across the dark until it bled. He licked the blood from his fingers with a forked tongue.… — Libba Bray Copy Share
It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Spare a copper for our cause?" the girl with the coin cup asks, her voice weary. "I can spare more than that," I say.… — Libba Bray Copy Share
As one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the… — Libba Bray Copy Share
I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy — Libba Bray Copy Share
There are times when I wish I could go back and change the course of my life. Make different choices...But the past cannot be… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Sexuality is not meant to be this way - an honest, consensual expression in which a girl might take an active role when she… — Libba Bray Copy Share
There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders build nations.… — Libba Bray Copy Share
Heaven's brightest and best-loved angel, who was cast out for inspiring a rebellion against God. Having lost Heaven, Lucifer and his rebel angels vowed… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“The light is so bright it hurts my eyes. But I don't dare close them. I won't. Instead, I try to adjust to the… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Miss Moore speaks slowly, deliberately. "I know because I read." She pulls back and stands, hands on hips, offering us a challenge. "May I… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Duff's little moans traveled up her spine, made her head buzz. And another thought grabbed hold: She was doing this. She had the power… — Libba Bray Copy Share
