Gemma~Was he really looking at me that way? Kartik~What way? Gemma~Like a piece of ripe fruit? Katrik~You'd best be on your guard… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
A guy's gotta live, you know, gotta make his way and find his meaning in life and love, and to do that… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
What happens if your choice is misguided, You must try to correct it But what if it’s too late? What if you… — 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
Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Why is it that some secrets can drown you while some pull you close to others in a way you never want… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There in the city's steam-and-smoke-smudged harbor is the most extraordinary sight of all: a great copper-clad lady with a torch in one… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The Corporation would like to apologize for the preceding pages. Of course, it's not all right for girls to behave this way.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you,… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We all walk in a land of dreams. For what are we but atoms and hope, a handful of stardust and sinew?… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Books are, at their heart, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Because they challenge us: our prejudices, our blind spots. They open us to new… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The ladies pass the timee with gossip and hearsay. This is what they have in place of freedom- gime and gossip. Their… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
She was tired of being told how it was by this generation, who’d botched things so badly. They’d sold their children a… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Evie hadn’t always felt that way. For a year after James had died, she’d cupped his half-dollar pendant between her pressed palms… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I'll try to communicate, Taylor said. She spoke slowly and deliberately. Hello! We need help. Is your village close? My village is… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
What frightens you? What makes the hair on your arms rise, your palms sweat, the breath catch in your chest like a… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I want to ask him if it’s possible that a girl can be born unlovable, or does she just become that way? — 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
“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
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
“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
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
I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy — Libba Bray Copy Share
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
“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
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
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
“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… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Miss Moore speaks slowly, deliberately. "I know because I read." She pulls back and stands, hands on hips, offering us a challenge. "May I… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“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… — Libba Bray Copy Share
