--- title: "7 Queens Quotes By Libba Bray" description: "7 Queens quotes by Libba Bray. Plus more from Libba Bray and more Queens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/libba-bray-259_amen_ahem-dear-jesus-taylor-intoned-more-ferv_339979.jpg" --- > [Ahem. Dear Jesus," Taylor intoned more fervently. "We just want to thank you for gettin' us here safe ---" There was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/ahem-dear-jesus-taylor-intoned-more-fervently-we-just-want-to-thank/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/libba-bray-259_amen_ahem-dear-jesus-taylor-intoned-more-ferv_339979.jpg) > [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) > [What --- you don't believe in true love?" Petra asked. "The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?" -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/what-you-don-t-believe-in-true-love-petra-asked-the-kind-that-can/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/libba-bray-259_beauty-queen_what-you-don-t-believe-in-true-love-petr_531382.png) > [Taylor clapped three times for attention. "Ladies! Ladies! My stars! That's enough. Now. We all know Miss Arkansas's girls are fake, Miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/taylor-clapped-three-times-for-attention-ladies-ladies-my-stars-that/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/libba-bray-259_arkansas_taylor-clapped-three-times-for-attention_950811.jpg) > [May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/may-i-suggest-that-you-all-read-and-often-believe-me-it-s-nice-to/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/libba-bray-259_believe_may-i-suggest-that-you-all-read-and-ofte_1258379.png) > [You want to know what pain is? Try running out of Advil when you've got a Category Five period. I've had cramps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/you-want-to-know-what-pain-is-try-running-out-of-advil-when-you-ve/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/libba-bray-259_beauty_you-want-to-know-what-pain-is-try-runnin_2258613.png) > [This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/this-is-going-to-make-such-a-great-story-how-i-nursed-a-pirate-back/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/libba-bray-259_beauty-queen_this-is-going-to-make-such-a-great-story_3165664.png) ## Other authors on Queens ## 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/queens/libba-bray/#itemlist", "name": "7 Queens Quotes By Libba Bray", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ahem. Dear Jesus,\" Taylor intoned more fervently. \"We just want to thank you for gettin' us here safe ---\" There was a loud, gurgling groan. Somebody shouted, \"Oh my gosh! Miss Delaware just died!\" \"--- for gettin some of us here safe,\" Taylor continued. \"And we pray that, as we are fine, upstandin', law-abidin' girls who represent the best of the best, you will protect us from harm and keep us safe until we are rescued and can tell our story to People magazine. 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