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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains.
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Really? And what curse befalls the Adams of the world?" Ann opens her mouth and, presumably thinking of nothing to say, closes it again. It is Felicity who answers, eyes steely. "They are weak to temptation. And we are their temptresses.
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Hot off the presses, today's headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways, Evie said in a voice of affected mystery. Really, Mabesie. You might want to reconsider—he is a bit of a killjoy.
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She knew what it was to wait for someone who would never come home. She knew that grief, like a scar, faded but never really went away.
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I've been poked and prodded in places I'd always prided myself on keeping untouched for that one special doctor who gives me a ring and a promise someday.
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My favorite word is "redemption." I like both its meaning and the sound. My least favorite word is "maybe." "Maybe" is almost always a "no" drawn out in cruel fashion.
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There is never any turning back Gemma. You have to go forward. Make the future yours.
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Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones.
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The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World. I'm sixteen now, so you can imagine that's left me with quite a few days of major suckage.
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The night's chilly breath tickles up my neck and finds my ear, whispering secrets only the wind knows.
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I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry.
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Harold Brodie is a louse and a lothario who cheats at cards and has a different girl in his rumble seat every week. That coupe of his is pos-i-tute-ly a petting palace. And he's a terrible kisser to boot. Evie's parents stared in stunned silence. Or so I've heard.
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If this were a movie, I would bust a secret move so fierce the entire place would be razed to the ground. I'd finish with something snappy like "And don't forget my soda, punk" while I strolled off into the night.
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I'm like everyone else in this stupid, bloody, amazing world. I'm flawed. Impossibly so. But hopeful. I'm still me.
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I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention.
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That's what living in their world is-a big lie. An illusion where everyone looks the other way and pretends that nothing unpleasant exists at all, no goblins of the dark, no ghosts of the soul.
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Evie didn't mind yelling, but she hated feeling judged. It got under her skin and made her feel small and ugly and unfixable.
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Her eyes take on that suspicious, wounded look girls get when they know they've fallen off the top rung of friendship and someone else has passed them, but they don't know when or how the change took place.
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They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.
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Tell my brother to remember his heart in all things. That is where his honor and his destiny will be found. Tell him.
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I hear they feed you in Sing Sing, Evie muttered. Three squares a day. Evangeline, Will said with a sigh. Charity begins at home. So does mental illness.
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May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the weather and the Queen's health. Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.
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Memphis—it's just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. It's what they do. It's not following you, and it's not a sign. Unless you really did give it candy and flowers, in which case you are one strange brother.
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The line between faith and fanaticism is a constantly shifting one, Dr. Poblocki said. When does belief become justification? When does right become rationale and crusade become crime?
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HI. I'm from Arkansas, the cantaloupe state. And tonight, I hope you will hold my melons close to your heart and vote me your Miss Teen Dream.
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Libba Bray
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Born:
March 11, 1964
(age 60)
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Libba Bray is an American writer of young adult novels including the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Going Bovine, and The Diviners.
Known for:
The Diviners (2012)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (2003)
Beauty Queens (2011)
Gemma Doyle Trilogy (2010)
Lair of Dreams (2015)
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