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• I explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.

  Franny Billingsley

  Jesus, Father, Fall

  Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.20, Penguin

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• Thoughts are strange creatures. They lead you from one thing to another. Sometimes you don’t know how you got from one to the next.

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  Next, Strange, Sometimes

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.261, A&C Black

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• Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow. The girl has a wicked stepmother: She has a mother hollow. In a story, a baby comes along to fill the child hollow. But in life, the hollows continue empty.

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  Girl, Mother, Baby

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.160, A&C Black

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• Let’s hope she’s like the others, who look only at the surface. Let’s hope she’d never think that a girl with black-velvet eyes and cut-glass cheekbones could be a witch.

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  Girl, Eye, Cutting

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.152, A&C Black

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• Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways.

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  People, Way, Said

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.48, A&C Black

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• But witchy magic doesn’t listen to please and pretty please, and anyway, I didn’t really care. I only pretended to care because not caring makes me a monster.

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  Caring, Magic, Monsters

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.59, A&C Black

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• I don’t mind the disapproving ones so much. It’s the tolerant ones I can’t stand, the ones who smile at Rose, who speak to her ever so slowly and gently. They don’t realize how very intelligent Rose really is. They’re just terrifically pleased with themselves. Look at me! they all but shout. See how broad-minded I am! How wonderfully progressive, how fantastically twentieth century!

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  Intelligent, Rose, Mind

  Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.46, Penguin

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• I’m not really the sacrificing type.

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  Sacrifice, Type

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.71, A&C Black

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• He’s harmless, poor thing. That’s what everyone said. It was true, but who cares? Lots of people are harmless, but that doesn’t mean I have to like them.

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  Mean, People, Who Cares

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.73, A&C Black

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• Despite her cough, Rose was in unusually good spirits. That was irritating. If I’m to trade my life for Rose’s, I’d appreciate her exhibiting a touch of melancholy. Also acceptable would be despair.

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  Appreciate, Rose, Despair

  Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.65, Penguin

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• Now that’s true poetic irony. I rush into battle to defend the fair name of Rose Larkin, and what does she do but fetch Robert to stop me.

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  Names, Rose, Battle

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.105, A&C Black

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• Did I kill him?” I said. “No, miss,” said Robert. “Pity.

  Franny Billingsley

  Missing, Pity, Said

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.106, A&C Black

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• Poor Petey. I’d like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I’d rather feel at the tender spot on his head and give it a poke.

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  Giving, Truth Is, Poor

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.112, A&C Black

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• Eavesdropping is such a regular-person activity.

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  Persons, Activity, Eavesdropping

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.75, A&C Black

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• Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out.

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  Water, Secret, Dams

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.133, A&C Black

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• My own mask stayed just where it ought. I’ve had lots of practice.

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  Practice, Mask, Ought

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.137, A&C Black

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• You don’t mind when he stares at you.” Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. "He doesn’t stare,” I said. “He looks.

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  Mind, Looks, Said

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.147, A&C Black

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• I like rain and mist. I've never understood why people exclaim over bright skies and bushels of glaring sunshine.

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  Rain, Sunshine, Sky

  Franny Billingsley (2001). “The Folk Keeper”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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