Libba Bray Quotes

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“Don't you? if you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.'
They will remain protected,' Asha insists.
No, 'I say. 'Only untested.”

“Write like it matters, and it will.”

“It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.”

“Nobody Wants to be themselves. That's why there's tv. -Ephigenia”

“Oh, sure. Of course, they say now that we’ve got Freud and the motorcar, God is dead.”

“He’s not dead; just very tired.”

“Jericho lay back down on his side, watching her breathe just an arm's length from him. She was not beautiful while she slept; her mouth hung open and she snored very lightly, and this, despite everything that had happened, made him smile.”

“Sexuality is not meant to be this way - an honest, consensual expression in which a girl might take an active role when she feels good and ready and not one minute before. No. Sexual desire is meant to sell soap. And cars. And beer. And religion.”

“There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another…”

“They don't know what they're in for at Spence, getting me, a ghost of a girl who'll nod and smile and take her tea but who isn't really here.”

“No person has ever held all the power. There must be a balance between chaos and order, dark and light. With the Temple magic bound to you, the realms are no longer in balance. The power could change you… and you could change the magic.”

“It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again.”

“What --- you don't believe in true love?" Petra asked. "The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?"
- "Beauty Queens”

“Reason was for suckers and Presbyterians.”

“People see what they want to see when they need to.”

“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.”

“When you looked up to the sky and cried 'Why?' sometimes the sky shrugged, yet other times it answered with warm assurance of linked hands.”

“Goodbye," I whisper at last, when it no longer matters and there is no one to hear it but the window.”

“Theta blew out another plume of cigarette smoke. “Not interested. Love’s messy, kiddo. Let those other girls get moony-eyed and goofy. Me? I got plans.”

“Please, I'm a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don't know how to defend myself?”

“There are no wrong decisions ― only different ones.”

“Everyone's dying. A little, every day. Make it count.”

“Without further warning, the sky opens up and cries.”

“We have traveled through space and time. We have been many places. Visited many worlds. And there is good news: the acoustics everywhere are terrific.”

“… I took Advanced PowerPoint last semester. You guys are always misunderestimating me. I'm totally ready to handle the big stuff.”

“I am dying a thousand cruel and unusual deaths as fifty pairs of eyes take me in, size me up like something that should be hanging over a fireplace in a gentleman's den.”

“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.”

“I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention.”

“They kept the lie going, and the people loved it.”

“Oh, hello," Dr. M says, shaking Balder's hand. "Wonderful costume. I'm a bit of a role player myself on the weekends. Tell me, where did you get the helmet?"
"It was forged in the North, blessed by the hands of Odin, given to me by my mother, Frigg," Balder answers.
"Lovely. I got mine on the Internet.”

“I'm related to Davy Crockett on my mom's side. Honest.”

“I have an artificial left eye. I lost my real eye in a car accident when I was eighteen. In fact, I had to have my entire face rebuilt because I smashed it up pretty good. It took six years and thirteen surgeries. However, I did have the pleasure of freezing a plastic eyeball in an ice cube, putting it in a friend's drink, ("Eyeball in your highball?") and watching him freak completely. Okay, so maybe that's not going down on my good karma record. But it sure was fun.”

“My dad was a Presbyterian minister. Yes, I am one of those dreaded P. K. s — Preacher's Kids. Be afraid. Be very afraid…”