Or perhaps it is some combination of spirit and desire, love and hope, some alchemy that we each possess and can put… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Gemma, you see how it is. They've planned our entire lives, from what we shall wear to whom we shall marry and… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The beast attempts a beautific look that could be mistaken for a bout of painful wind. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Felicity ignores us. She walks out to them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Why does everyone want to own me?" Pippa mumbles. She's got her head in her hands. "Why do they all want to… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The sun has blessed you," Sarita used to say. "Look how he has left his kisses on your face for all to… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The glow dies down, and she's standing at the end of my bed--the one who's been following me around leaving feather messages.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Look, I know this seems a little half-assed...' 'No, dude. I'd be thrilled if this plan were half-assed. This is, like, no-assed.'… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We don't look at each other anymore. Not really. Not since I pulled him from that opium den. Now when I look… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
That's what living in their world is-a big lie. An illusion where everyone looks the other way and pretends that nothing unpleasant… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it?… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
He told me that once, in the war, he’d come upon a German soldier in the grass with his insides falling out;… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
It's as if I've inherited a skin I cannot quite fit, and so I walk about constantly pulling and and tugging, pinning… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
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… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers.… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
