--- title: "8 Fit Quotes By Libba Bray" description: "8 Fit quotes by Libba Bray. Plus more from Libba Bray and more Fit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/libba-bray-259_cages_how-terrible-it-is-to-have-no-cares-no-l_315089.png" --- > [How terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. I do not fit. I feel too deeply and want too much.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/how-terrible-it-is-to-have-no-cares-no-longings-i-do-not-fit-i-feel/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/libba-bray-259_cages_how-terrible-it-is-to-have-no-cares-no-l_315089.png) > [I have done what they expected of me. I have curtsied for my Queen and made my debut. This is what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/i-have-done-what-they-expected-of-me-i-have-curtsied-for-my-queen-and/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/libba-bray-259_care_i-have-done-what-they-expected-of-me-i-h_414472.jpg) > [Can we really conquer chaos so easily? If that were so, I should be able to prune the pandemonium of my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/can-we-really-conquer-chaos-so-easily-if-that-were-so-i-should-be/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/libba-bray-259_able_can-we-really-conquer-chaos-so-easily-if_1310341.png) > [No one had ever said anything like that to Evie. Her parents always wanted to advise or instruct or command. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/no-one-had-ever-said-anything-like-that-to-evie-her-parents-always/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/libba-bray-259_advise_no-one-had-ever-said-anything-like-that_1898553.png) > [She was too much—for Zenith, Ohio. She’d tried at times to make herself smaller, to fit neatly into the ordered lines of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/she-was-too-much-for-zenith-ohio-she-d-tried-at-times-to-make-herself/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/libba-bray-259_accepting_she-was-too-much-for-zenith-ohio-she-d-t_1947659.jpg) > [It's as if I've inherited a skin I cannot quite fit, and so I walk about constantly pulling and and tugging, pinning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/it-s-as-if-i-ve-inherited-a-skin-i-cannot-quite-fit-and-so-i-walk/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/libba-bray-259_fit_it-s-as-if-i-ve-inherited-a-skin-i-canno_2713067.png) > [Wanna rock you, girl, with a butterfly tunic. / No, I'm not gay, I'm just your emo enuch. / Gonna smile real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/wanna-rock-you-girl-with-a-butterfly-tunic-no-i-m-not-gay-i-m-just/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/libba-bray-259_butterfly_wanna-rock-you-girl-with-a-butterfly-tun_2986273.png) > [You’ve been assigned an identity since birth. Then you spend the rest of your life walking around in it to see if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/you-ve-been-assigned-an-identity-since-birth-then-you-spend-the-rest/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/libba-bray-259_abandon_you-ve-been-assigned-an-identity-since-b_3064166.png) ## Other authors on Fit ## More by Libba Bray > [“I have never felt more ridiculous. If this is what it means to be a woman I am not the slightest bit interested.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/i-have-never-felt-more-ridiculous-if-this-is-what-it-means-to-be-a/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [There are no safe choices. Only other choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/there-are-no-safe-choices-only-other-choices/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [“The King of Crows raked his fingers across the dark until it bled. He licked the blood from his fingers with a forked tongue.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/the-king-of-crows-raked-his-fingers-across-the-dark-until-it-bled-he/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/it-is-how-it-has-always-been-we-will-accept-the-legacy-of-our/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [The trouble with morning is that it comes well before noon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/the-trouble-with-morning-is-that-it-comes-well-before-noon/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [“Spare a copper for our cause?" the girl with the coin cup asks, her voice weary. "I can spare more than that," I say.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/spare-a-copper-for-our-cause-the-girl-with-the-coin-cup-asks-her/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [As one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/as-one-they-leap-laughing-and-that-is-where-we-leave-them-mouths-open/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/i-am-for-hockey-i-find-i-should-like-to-hit-something-with-a-stick/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/there-are-times-when-i-wish-i-could-go-back-and-change-the-course-of/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [“Sexuality is not meant to be this way - an honest, consensual expression in which a girl might take an active role when she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/sexuality-is-not-meant-to-be-this-way-an-honest-consensual-expression/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders build nations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/there-is-no-greater-power-on-this-earth-than-story-will-paced-the/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/heaven-s-brightest-and-best-loved-angel-who-was-cast-out-for/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/the-light-is-so-bright-it-hurts-my-eyes-but-i-don-t-dare-close-them-i/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [“Miss Moore speaks slowly, deliberately. "I know because I read." She pulls back and stands, hands on hips, offering us a challenge. "May I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/miss-moore-speaks-slowly-deliberately-i-know-because-i-read-she-pulls/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/duff-s-little-moans-traveled-up-her-spine-made-her-head-buzz-and/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fit/libba-bray/#itemlist", "name": "8 Fit Quotes By Libba Bray", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. I do not fit. I feel too deeply and want too much. 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