Libba Bray Quotes

I don't trust her father than I can run full-steam in a corset.

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

Tell him I went to the lavatory, Evie said with a roll of her eyes. Men are pos-i-tute-ly paralyzed by the mention of females in lavatories.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

These are hard times. The world hurts. We live in fear and forget to walk with hope. But hope has not forgotten you. So ask it to dinner. It's probably hungry and would appreciate the invitation.

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

The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rather, it accepts that it is the dark.

The key holds the truth

They’re too tired for bathing, but they’re not too tired for dreams. For dreams, too, are ghosts, desires chased in sleep, gone by morning. The longing of dreams draws the dead, and the city hall to m...

You set fire to my house, killed my family, and ate my dog. But steal my boyfriend? That's a step too far.

I salute your spunk, but question your sanity.

There were few things worse than being ordinary, in Evie’s opinion. Ordinary was for suckers.

I'm Sorry,' he says. It's simple and direct, with none of the nonsense about God calling home an angel too young and who are we to question his mysterious ways.

Their jaws unhinged and they vomited out an oily black substance, which fell to the floor like a river of snakes.

There is a time in every life when paths are chosen, character is forged. I could have chosen a different path. But I didn’t. I failed myself.

She is the elephant’s eyebrows, Evie whispered appreciatively. Those jewels! How her neck must ache. That’s why Bayer makes aspirin, Mabel whispered back, and Evie smiled, knowing that even a socialis...

But we can’t live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you. I

Ann turns to me. I know she's waiting for some hint of kindness-a kiss, an embrace, even a smile. But I can't muster any of it.You'll make a fine governess. My words are like a slap.I know, she answer...

The night's chilly breath tickles up my neck and finds my ear, whispering secrets only the wind knows.

He said to tell you to remember your heart in all things, that it is where your honor and your destiny will be found. Does it mean anything to you?'It is something he would say from time to time-that...