Franny Billingsley - Eldric Quotes

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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 turns Briony's heart to stone. Pressure. Pressure is uncomfortable, but so are the gallows. Keep your secrets, wolfgirl. Dance your fists with Eldric's, snatch lightning from the gods. Howl at the moon, at the blood-red moon. Let your mouth be a cavern of stars.

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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 taken the time to touch my face.

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I have some questions about betrayal, I said. Think about this: A person who calls you his best friend, and says he has dinner plans with you, goes off with a beautiful woman, saying he'll be back directly, then makes you wait half an hour because he's kissing the woman in the alley. Is that betrayal? Oh, Lord. Eldric tossed back his wine.

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It wasn't quite a question. It was more of an invitation to tell him whatever I chose. Eldric game me a choice, and it was this that made me want to tell him everything.

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I am entirely well, said Eldric, which has Dr. Rannigan exploring first one theory, then another, trying to understand. But not being a man of science, I don't care about understanding. I simply want to go outside and break a few windows.

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You don't mind when he stares at you. Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. "He doesn't stare, I said. He looks.

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Our English monarchs are so unimaginative, said Eldric. They execute people in such tediously conventional ways.

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Boxing's not that straightforward, said Eldric. You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually.

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