Best Franny Billingsley Quotes
- Should I ever again sink into illness, I'm sure I'll remember Eldric. I'll remember he cared for me. I'll remember that someone had at least… Cared
- Guess what it is that turns plants to coal. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns limestone to marble. Pressure. Guess what it is that… Blood
- You mind your tongue!” “Oh, I do,” I said. “I sharpen it every evening on your name. Evening
- I've confessed to everything and I's liked to be hanged. Now, if you please Confessed
- I hated myself, but I also loved myself in a hateful way. Hated
- How can something as fragile as a word build the whole world? Build
- Yes, I'm shallow, I don't mind admitting it. Perhaps I should admit that there's no end to the depths of my shallowness. Admit
- This is what I want. I want people to take care of me. I want them to force comfort upon me. I want the soft-pillow… Associate
- When we were small, Rose and I used to play a game called connect the dots. I loved it. I loved drawing a line from… All
- I like rain and mist. I've never understood why people exclaim over bright skies and bushels of glaring sunshine. Bright
- People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much. Don T
- Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways. Conventional
- But witchy magic doesn’t listen to please and pretty please, and anyway, I didn’t really care. I only pretended to care because not caring makes… Care
- I don’t mind the disapproving ones so much. It’s the tolerant ones I can’t stand, the ones who smile at Rose, who speak to her… All
- I’m not really the sacrificing type. Inspirational
- He’s harmless, poor thing. That’s what everyone said. It was true, but who cares? Lots of people are harmless, but that doesn’t mean I have… Care
- Eavesdropping is such a regular-person activity. Activity
- Despite her cough, Rose was in unusually good spirits. That was irritating. If I’m to trade my life for Rose’s, I’d appreciate her exhibiting a… Acceptable
- Now that’s true poetic irony. I rush into battle to defend the fair name of Rose Larkin, and what does she do but fetch Robert… Battle
- Did I kill him?” I said. “No, miss,” said Robert. “Pity. Him
- Poor Petey. I’d like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I’d rather feel at the… Almost Feel
- Even a witch wants sympathy. Inspirational
- Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out. Both
- Father sighed. “Please spare me these arguments of yours.” “Whose arguments should I use? Argument
- My own mask stayed just where it ought. I’ve had lots of practice. Inspirational