--- title: "7 Glasses Quotes By Libba Bray" description: "7 Glasses quotes by Libba Bray. Plus more from Libba Bray and more Glasses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/libba-bray-259_cocktail_evie-was-so-nervous-that-she-downed-her_901381.png" --- > [Evie was so nervous that she downed her cocktail in two stiff swigs, then refilled her glass. Henry arched an eyebrow. “A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/evie-was-so-nervous-that-she-downed-her-cocktail-in-two-stiff-swigs/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/libba-bray-259_cocktail_evie-was-so-nervous-that-she-downed-her_901381.png) > [“We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their images back to them as they’d like to be seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/we-re-all-looking-glasses-we-girls-existing-only-to-reflect-their-2/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/libba-bray-259_glasses_we-re-all-looking-glasses-we-girls-exist_1057409.png) > [She loved attention. It was like a glass of the best champagne—bubbly and intoxicating—and as with champagne, she always wanted more of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/she-loved-attention-it-was-like-a-glass-of-the-best-champagne-bubbly/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/libba-bray-259_attention_she-loved-attention-it-was-like-a-glass_1281729.png) > [For the first time, I notice the lax skin at Mrs. Nightwing's jaw, the fine down that lies upon her cheek like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/for-the-first-time-i-notice-the-lax-skin-at-mrs-nightwing-s-jaw-the/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/libba-bray-259_behinds_for-the-first-time-i-notice-the-lax-skin_1602346.png) > [The man in the shop peered disapprovingly at Evie through the glass. She pumped her arms and legs up and down in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/the-man-in-the-shop-peered-disapprovingly-at-evie-through-the-glass/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/libba-bray-259_arms_the-man-in-the-shop-peered-disapprovingl_1752304.png) > [No one asks how or what I am doing. They could not care less. We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/no-one-asks-how-or-what-i-am-doing-they-could-not-care-less-we-re-all/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/libba-bray-259_ambition_no-one-asks-how-or-what-i-am-doing-they_2555556.png) > [I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/i-stare-at-the-pile-of-discarded-remnants-and-think-of-my-mother-did/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/libba-bray-259_bereavement_i-stare-at-the-pile-of-discarded-remnant_3071438.png) ## Other authors on Glasses ## 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/glasses/libba-bray/#itemlist", "name": "7 Glasses Quotes By Libba Bray", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Evie was so nervous that she downed her cocktail in two stiff swigs, then refilled her glass. 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