“ Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines. Amy Tan
“ 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
“ 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
“ But Gemma, you could change the world.That should take far more than my power, I say.True. But change needn't happen all at once. It can be small gestures.Moments. Do you understand? He's looking at m… Libba Bray
“ Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills. Libba Bray
“ One day, as Sarita tended to the wash, Gemma played in the garden. She was a knight, you see, with a sword fashioned out of wood. Most formidable, she was, though I didn't quite know how formidable. A… Libba Bray
“ Centuries of fighting, and for what? I say. Today it ends. I can't live in fear any longer. I've cursed this power. I've both enjoyed and misused it. And I've hidden it away. Now I must try to wield i… Libba Bray
“ I know you adore Father, but he isn't the white knight you imagine him to be. He never was. True, he's charming and loving in his way. But he's selfish. He's a limited man determined to bring about hi… Libba Bray
“ Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else. Libba Bray
