Libba Bray

“¡Está celoso! Kartik está celoso y Simon me ve...apetitosa. Me siento complacida. Y desconcertada. Pero sobretodo complacida.”

— Libba Bray

“People will believe anything if it means they can go on living their lives and not have to think too hard about…

— Libba Bray

“Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world?”

— Libba Bray

“But how did you fight an enemy who never fought fair? Didn’t you have to break the rules to win against the…

— Libba Bray

The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.

— Libba Bray

I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how…

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“She holds and I do not break away, and that is something after all. We lie there, tethered to each other by…

— Libba Bray

You can’t blame a fella for kissing the prettiest girl in New York, can you, sister?” Sam’s grin was anything but apologetic.…

— Libba Bray

Jericho lay back down on his side, watching her breathe just an arm's length from him. She was not beautiful while she…

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She loved attention. It was like a glass of the best champagne—bubbly and intoxicating—and as with champagne, she always wanted more of…

— Libba Bray

He took comfort in the neon signs, the wild strands of jazz creeping out of clubs whenever happy swells of people pushed…

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Promise. Don't misunderstand me-you are quite vexing." He touches his tender jaw. "And you hit like a man. But you didn't cause…

— Libba Bray

“The world's most bada** Viking yard gnome is on the counter by the cash register using a dinner plates as a shield…

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“Memphis cupped her cheek in his hand and put his mouth on hers. Theta had never been kissed the way Memphis was…

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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…

— Libba Bray

“I just read this great quote by Junot Diaz, he was talking about true intimacy, and he was saying that it was…

— Libba Bray

I have done what they expected of me. I have curtsied for my Queen and made my debut. This is what I…

— Libba Bray

“Because I’m not enough, she thought. That was the terrible echo shouting up at her: Fraud, fraud, fraud. She got drunk and…

— Libba Bray

We create the illusions we need to go on. And one day, when they no longer dazzle or comfort, we tear them…

— Libba Bray

“Isn’t this what happens in the movies a lot? There’s some old dude or woman who tells your fortune and is all,…

— Libba Bray

“Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Felicity and Ann hunched over their ornaments as if they were fascinating…

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We're still expected to color within the lines of accepted femininity, and women who step out of those lines are usually attacked,…

— Libba Bray

I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one…

— Libba Bray

“This is what they have in place of freedom—time and gossip. Their lives are small and careful. I do not wish to…

— Libba Bray

Her eyes take on that suspicious, wounded look girls get when they know they've fallen off the top rung of friendship and…

— Libba Bray

I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the…

— Libba Bray

“Usually, I avoid the topic by shoving food into my mouth then making "I'm sorry, as you can see, it would be…

— Libba Bray

“There had been something about the island that made the girls forget who they had been. All those rules and shalt nots.…

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Evie was so nervous that she downed her cocktail in two stiff swigs, then refilled her glass. Henry arched an eyebrow. “A…

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“I should rather take my chances with the lions of Rome’s ancient Colosseum than endure another tea chat with the likes of…

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In books, the truth makes everything good and fine. The good prevail. The wicked are punished. There is happiness. But it's not…

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“Even Felicity can't keep from sputtering with laughter. I wish I could use my evil eye. Or at least my evil boot…

— Libba Bray

“You have been deceived. Spiritualism is no more a science than thievery. For that's all this is--very skilled dodgers stealing money from…

— Libba Bray

I changed my mind. I don’t want to be an inveshtigative journalist anymore. I want to be a professional rum drinker.” “There…

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“See, now I don't know whether to be all 'Yay!' because you're empowered or sad because you're having delusional almost-sex with an…

— Libba Bray

A gentle breeze catches in the branches then and I hear it, soft and low, a murmured prayer--Gem-ma, Gem-ma--and then the leaves…

— Libba Bray

You want to know what pain is? Try running out of Advil when you've got a Category Five period. I've had cramps…

— Libba Bray

Yes, go on. Leave. You're always coming and going. The rest of us are stuck here. Do you think he'd still love…

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“It is all I can do not to confide to the girl closest to me: "If I should die during tea -…

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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas…

— Libba Bray