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“Inside every adult was a child, or so it is said. Professor Petra Mayer was different. Inside Petra Mayer was an impossibly beautiful, barefoot adolescent who wouldn’t have been seen dead giving her inner child the time of day.”

Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Source: Stamping Butterflies (2004), Chapter 33 (p. 212)

Beauty , Time , Dead

““Any chance you own a hijab?”
The answer was no, but Malika could borrow one. Come to that, she could steal one freshly washed off the wall behind her house and claim a sudden, God-inspired attack of modesty if she got caught. The old crows were quite stupid enough to believe that.”

Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Source: Stamping Butterflies (2004), Chapter 53 (p. 323)

God , Stupidity , Chance , Housing

“But those would be lies and Tris never lied to herself. At least not more than was required to stay human or sane. Lying to others was different. That was what people like her did if they wanted to remain alive.”

Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Source: Stamping Butterflies (2004), Chapter 40 (p. 257)

People , Lying

“The thought came and went, more wish than thought. Maria wasn’t good at considering her own emotions. Most of the time the girl found it hard to believe that what she felt might matter.”

Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Source: Stamping Butterflies (2004), Chapter 50 (p. 308)

Girl , Time