“ You're not a man. You're their . I don't care about you, or your brother, or your ridiculous organization. From now on, I shall do exactly as I wish and you cannot stop me. Do not follow. Do not watch… Libba Bray
“ I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it. Libba Bray
“ Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again, I say, cheerily. It's sitting in plain view on your chair in the great hall. I do hope that was the best place for it. Libba Bray
“ I'm going to eviscerate you and leave your organs on a pike in the yard as a warning to those who wear large jewelry. Libba Bray
“ She shrieks above the din. If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight. Libba Bray
“ You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after you. It is my duty.If you wish to suffer, you do so of your own free will, not on m… Libba Bray
“ Do you ever feel that way?Lonely?I search for the words. Restless. As if you haven't really met yourself yet. As is you'd passed yourself once in the fog, and your heart leapt - 'Ah! There I Am! I've… Libba Bray
“ My whole life I’ve been ordered about. Now I shall give the orders. I’ve never seen Felicity so wounded. Not me, she says. I never ordered you about. Oh, Fee. The old Pippa surfaces for just a moment,… Libba Bray
“ I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-The world does not forgive mistakes so quickly, my girl. He sounds bitter and sad.If the world will not forgive me, I say softly, I shall have t… Libba Bray
“ Theta rolled over, facing Evie, their noses nearly touching. Evil? Yes? I love you. Now, shut up and go to sleep. Libba Bray
“ 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… Libba Bray
“ For the last time, I’m not a witch. Miss Lillian smiled and patted Theta’s cheek. Keep telling yourself that, dear. Libba Bray
“ One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a shame. Libba Bray
“ Haven’t you been hurt? Miss Lillian asked. Theta thought of Roy’s fists. Mrs. Bowers’s cold cruelty. Even the first wound of abandonment. Yes. And here you still are. No. The question is this: Haven’t… Libba Bray
“ Nobody’s killing any cats. Miss Lillian glowered. It’s what we’ve always done. Yeah, well, I’m changing how things are done. Miss Lillian started to protest, but Miss Addie cut her off. Very well. We… Libba Bray
“ I am hard at work on the second draft ... Second draft is really a misnomer as there are a gazillion revisions, large and small, that go into the writing of a book. Libba Bray
“ 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… Libba Bray
“ Tell me, do you have family near? Miss Addie asked. I’m an orphan, Theta said. You’re wrong. The old woman blinked up at the ceiling, her fingers waving in the air. You do have family. I see it in you… Libba Bray
