Libba Bray Quotes

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• And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Libba Bray (2009). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.300, Simon and Schuster

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• I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.

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  World, Want, Mark

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.325, Simon and Schuster

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• If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.

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  Trying, Want, Bother

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm an oddity of one, my strangeness too complicated to explain or share.

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  Oddities, Individuality, Complicated

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• I refuse to let the past find me here.

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  Past, Find Me, Refuse

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• Gemma, you see how it is. They've planned our entire lives, from what we shall wear to whom we shall marry and where we shall live. It's one lump of sugar in your tea whether you like it or not and you'd best smile even if you're dying deep inside. We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or right but only straight ahead where they would lead. Please, please, please, Gemma, let's not die inside before we have to.

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  Horse, Mean, Tea

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• Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.

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  Dog, Tails, Retribution

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• Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find.

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  Sometimes, Ready, Rebel Angels

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

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• The hand you hold the longest is your own.

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  Hands

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• There are no safe choices. Only other choices.

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  Choices, Safe

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.348, Delacorte Press

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• Women who have power are always feared.

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  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• Write like it matters, and it will.

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  Writing, Matter

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• People will believe anything if it means they can go on with their lives and not have to think too hard about it.

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  Believe, Mean, Thinking

  Libba Bray (2012). “The Diviners: Number 1 in series”, p.321, Hachette UK

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• Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.

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  Real, People, Annoyed

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.279, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I love you for who you are, not who the world thinks you should be.

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  Love You, Thinking, World

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.355, Scholastic Inc.

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• We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be.

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  Book, Humanity, Needs

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• To those who will see, the world waits.

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  Waiting, World

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.530, Simon and Schuster

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• There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

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  Tears, India, Way

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.515, Simon and Schuster

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• Jeez, someone needs to push the reset button on this planet.

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  Reset Button, Buttons, Needs

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.105, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I know because I read...Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

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  Garden, Mind, Cages

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• Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower.

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  Men, Feelings, Bruises

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• One can never go back. One always has to move forward.

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  Moving, Moving Forward

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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• What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?

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  Struggle, Men, Evil

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.197, Simon and Schuster

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• You couldn't be perfect enough to keep the world from betraying you.

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  Perfect, World, Enough

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.239, Scholastic Inc.

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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.

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  Queens, Nice, Believe

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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