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• I hear they feed you in Sing Sing,” Evie muttered. “Three squares a day.” “Evangeline,” Will said with a sigh. “Charity begins at home.” “So does mental illness.

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  Home, Squares, Doe

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• Did God ever cry over his lost angel, I wonder?

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  Angel, Rebel, Wonder

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• But what was the point of living so quietly you made no noise at all?

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  Noise, Made

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• Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.

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  Rose, Forever, Thorns

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• How can my ankles and arms be obscene?

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  Ankles, Arms, Obscene

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• The line between faith and fanaticism is a constantly shifting one,” Dr. Poblocki said. “When does belief become justification? When does right become rationale and crusade become crime?

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  Doe, Drs, Lines

  Libba Bray (2012). “The Diviners: Number 1 in series”, p.126, Hachette UK

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• Evie was so nervous that she downed her cocktail in two stiff swigs, then refilled her glass. Henry arched an eyebrow. “A pro, I see.” “What else is there to do in Ohio?

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  Glasses, Ohio, Eyebrows

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• I’m from the health department. You’ve heard of Typhoid Mary? This fella’s got enough typhoid to start his own colony.

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  Enough, Typhoid, Mary

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• Evie wanted to cry. From fear. From exhaustion, yes. But mostly from the cruel uselessness, the damned stupid arbitrariness of it all.

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  Stupid, Cry, Wanted

  Libba Bray (2012). “The Diviners: Number 1 in series”, p.317, Hachette UK

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• I am no longer content to be the scared, obedient schoolgirl. Who are you, a stranger, to tell me what I can and cannot do?

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  Scared, Stranger, I Can

  Libba Bray (2009). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• Evie replied with an eye-roll. “Do you think you can manage to not steal anything while I’m gone?” “The only thing I’m trying to steal is your heart, doll.” Sam smirked. “You’re not that talented a thief, Sam Lloyd.

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  Heart, Eye, Thinking

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• And just as I begin to believe that all is well, there is some subtle change in the light. The room takes its true shape. I fight to go back to that blissful ignorance, but it is too late. The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.

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  Pain, Believe, Ignorance

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

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• Can we really conquer chaos so easily? If that were so, I should be able to prune the pandemonium of my own soul into something neat and tidy rather than this maze of wants and needs and misgivings that has me forever feeling as if I cannot fit into the landscape of things.

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  Neat And Tidy, Forever, Soul

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

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• Brought to you by The Corporation: In your homes and in your pants.

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  Home, Corporations, Pants

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.375, Scholastic Inc.

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• Why should we girls not have the same privileges as men? Why do we police ourselves so stringently- whittling each other down with cutting remarks or holding ourselves back from greatness with a harness woven of fear and shame and longing? If we do not deem ourselves worthy first, how shall we ever ask for more?

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  Girl, Cutting, Greatness

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.1487, Delacorte Press

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• I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.

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  Life, Running, Giving

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

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• What you want can be yours. But you must first know what it is you want.

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  Want, Firsts, What You Want

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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  Color, Lines, Steps

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• No one asks how or what I am doing. They could not care less. We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their images back to them as they’d like to be seen. Hollow vessels of girls to be rinsed of our own ambitions, wants, and opinions, just waiting to be filled with the cool, tepid water of gracious compliance. A fissure forms in the vessel. I’m cracking open.

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  Girl, Ambition, Glasses

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

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• Time has no meaning. I feel as if I have been left in the desert to die and am eagerly awaiting the vultures to begin their work and end my misery.

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  Desert, Misery, Ends

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• The vicar, whose name is Reverend Waite, leads us in prayers that all begin with 'O Lord' and end with our somehow not being worthy-sinners who have always been sinners and will forever more be sinners until we die. It isn't the most optimistic outlook I've ever heard but we're encouraged to keep trying anyway.

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  Prayer, Optimistic, Names

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• And for a moment, I understand that I have friends on this lonely path; that sometimes your place is not something you find, but something you have when you need it.

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  Lonely, Needs, Path

  Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.376, Simon and Schuster

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• Wow, you're awesome and The universe loves a winner, so the universe must really love you!

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  Love You, Wow, Winner

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• This is how the fire starts. This is how we burn.

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  Fire

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

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• DiscomfortWear™, shapewear designed to eliminate rills, ripples, and muffin tops. In some cases known to eliminate circulation and breathing. If you’re not uncomfortable, it’s not DiscomfortWear™.

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  Breathing, Muffins, Cases

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