Books Quote by Libba Bray

“For instance, the headmistress, Miss Moore. I knew right away that she had come to Antigua from England, for she looked like a prune…

— Jamaica Kincaid

“I know I can be a bit forward and I do talk entirely too much, which I would try to do something about but…

— Victoria Alexander

“I think that the lady dies not because she leaves the tower for the outside world but because she lets herself float through the…

— Libba Bray

“She thinks in wild gardens, and his thoughts are espaliered into an introduction with a thesis, then supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. She”

— Jardine Libaire

“But you have told me," Elizabeth protested, "time and again, that the hallmark of civilization is routine." Lady D shrugged and made a fussy…

— Julia Quinn

“Oh, well, naturally I’ve read a few novels. And then, too," she went on, “there are broad plays and musical shows and moving pictures…

— Olive Higgins Prouty

“She read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in…

— Jane Austen

“Some things I need to deal with, that’s all.” “Such as…?” She wanted to keep the moment of frankness and camaraderie going. “Nothing I…

— Anne Frasier

“She started reading. She didn’t mean to spend long at it, but soon she was devouring every word, oblivious to the creaking old home…

— Derek Landy

“You read a lot?" Galina finally asked. "Yes. It's an escape into another world." She tried to keep her words light instead of sad,…

— Anne Mallory

“This morning I was wondering whether you ever felt like a cow, having to chew my stale news over and over again until you're…

— Anne Frank

“She was a strange, unsettled planet that had had once sustained life. She was a language that I had thought I almost understood even…

— Miriam Toews