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> [I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I sound as though I’m joking, I know, but I should truly hate to be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/i-should-hate-to-be-a-regular-girl-with-a-sugar-plum-voice-i-should/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

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## More by Franny Billingsley

> [I hope you don’t mind my joining you,” said Leanne. I minded. After all, she’d tried to kill me. A girl in a novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/i-hope-you-don-t-mind-my-joining-you-said-leanne-i-minded-after-all/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [I've confessed to everything and I's liked to be hanged. Now, if you please](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/i-ve-confessed-to-everything-and-i-s-liked-to-be-hanged-now-if-you/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/meaning-if-you-re-going-to-die-you-want-to-find-meaning-in-life-you/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/you-could-at-least-complain-i-say-i-adore-complaining-it-calms-the/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [Thoughts are strange creatures. They lead you from one thing to another. Sometimes you don’t know how you got from one to the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/thoughts-are-strange-creatures-they-lead-you-from-one-thing-to/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [Guess what it is that turns plants to coal. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns limestone to marble. Pressure. Guess what it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/guess-what-it-is-that-turns-plants-to-coal-pressure-guess-what-it-is/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [“I was going to ask him, yes I was. “You remember Blackberry Night?” The torches were alive with yellow butterfly-flames. “I can’t forget it.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/i-was-going-to-ask-him-yes-i-was-you-remember-blackberry-night-the/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [You don’t mind when he stares at you.” Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. "He doesn’t stare,” I said. “He looks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/you-don-t-mind-when-he-stares-at-you-cecil-jerked-his-head-toward/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [“I love you. I believe it. I believe I am lovable. How can something as fragile as a word build a whole world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/i-love-you-i-believe-it-i-believe-i-am-lovable-how-can-something-as/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/people-think-me-a-sort-of-florence-nightingale-but-i-have-no-heroic/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [“It never ends, this business of being a lady.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/it-never-ends-this-business-of-being-a-lady/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [“Smash the table, why don’t you? Kick things about. It’s ever so nice to see you embrace the true spirit of the Fraternitus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/smash-the-table-why-don-t-you-kick-things-about-it-s-ever-so-nice-to/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [“This is the difference between Eldric and me. Had it been my job to transform the garden, I would have removed the clothesline. Clotheslines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/this-is-the-difference-between-eldric-and-me-had-it-been-my-job-to/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [I was asking about lust, wasnʼt I? I was fairly certain of it. But isnʼt love supposed to come before lust? It does in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/i-was-asking-about-lust-wasn-t-i-i-was-fairly-certain-of-it-but-isn-t/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

> [“I have a theory about how she might have managed to pull off such a feat. It comes in the form of an equation:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franny-billingsley/i-have-a-theory-about-how-she-might-have-managed-to-pull-off-such-a/)

[Franny Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franny-billingsley/)

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