In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world, could flee from death. That was the deceit. The true serpent in the garden.


The Diviners (ed. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012) - ISBN: 9780316214643

Libba Bray Quotes

In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world,...

In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world,...

In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world,...

In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world,...