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“Poppy was saying my name over and over in the drippy sweet voice that had once set me on fire and now just made…

— April Genevieve Tucholke

“Let me tell you why. As a clever man once said: a treasure such as this should not be left in the hands of…

— Sophie Kinsella

“We crept round the corner for the stairs. "You will see Poppy entertaining the guard above." Entertaining? I thought, disgusted, but went on.”

— Janet Lee Carey

“I was beautiful, or so my father told me. My oval mirror showed me a face with nothing written on it. I had suitors…

— Emma Donoghue

“I mean to have you, Rose, you and all of your thorns. I'm a disagreeable and stubborn bastard, but I'm not a fool. You…

— Ilona Andrews

“I was a flower that bloomed and sparked way too fast. He took me in ’cause I was pretty in all kinds of colors…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“I knew that I was talented. I was positive about that. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was talented at, but I was ambitious…

— Sara Sheridan

“As Grams treaded water, she tapped my forehead. 'What's in here, Poppy, is scarier than anything you'll encounter in the depths of the ocean.…

— Shelley Coriell

“Am I a prodigy?" I ask. Miss Person snorts. She pushed the cap back on her purple pen. 'You have some talent and you…

— Linda Urban

Dancing? You, Poppy?" Marianne shook her head slowly. I never thought..." Rose looked concerned. She even felt Poppy's head for fever, but Poppy shook…

— Jessica Day George

“I thought of that merry face, the flippant laughter, the female that did not care who approved. Perhaps because she had seen the ugliest…

— Sarah J. Maas

“People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone.”

— Nenia Campbell