Libba Bray quotes - page 9

I'm an oddity of one, my strangeness too complicated to explain or share. (Libba Bray)
But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence. View quote
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One can never go back. One always has to move forward. View quote
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Retribution is a dog chasing its tail. View quote
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Everyone's dying. A little, every day. Make it count. View quote
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I can be whatever. You can be whatever. We can be whatever. Whatever, together. View quote
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Just because you're funny doesn't mean you get to be cruel. View quote
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People aren't always what you want them to be. View quote
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But if we are to remain a great empire, we must have a greater understanding of the hearts and minds of others. View quote
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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. View quote
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When she can't bring me to heal with scolding, she bends me to shape with guilt. (Libba Bray)
I think about dying every day, because I can't stop thinking about living. View quote
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Writers are also sort of like vultures, but with fewer ethics. View quote
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It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is. View quote
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But we can't go back. We can only go forward. View quote
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Please do not strain yourself, Miss Doyle. I won't have my girls going cross-eyed in the name of art. View quote
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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. View quote
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What --- you don't believe in true love?" Petra asked. "The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?" - "Beauty Queens. View quote
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Any book that can help you survive the slings and arrows of adolescence is a book to love for life; 'The Catcher in the Rye' did just that, and I still do love it. View quote
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You want to know what pain is? Try running out of Advil when you've got a Category Five period. I've had cramps that would make grown men beg for a bullet between the eyes." - Jennifer, "Beauty Queens. View quote
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Chin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. "I want to be a motivational speaker." "What are you going to motivate people to do?" Smile still in place, she cut her eyes at Adina. "You know. Motivational ... stuff. (Libba Bray)
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. View quote
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Your mother and I do not approve of drinking. Have you not heard of the Eighteenth Amendment?” "Prohibition? I drink to its health whenever I can. View quote
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Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever. View quote
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We're still expected to color within the lines of accepted femininity, and women who step out of those lines are usually attacked, whether verbally or physically. View quote
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