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Duff's little moans traveled up her spine, made her head buzz. And another thought grabbed hold: She was doing this. She had the power to do this. THat she could be both completely vulnerable and totally in control was mind-blowing.
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Libba Bray |
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ba88c4b
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You're perfect just the way you are...is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.
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Libba Bray |
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I can see those... hideous beasts coming out of the burning walls. I hear Naughty John telling me--warning me--about my own brother! He knew about James, Sam. When I stand still, I see all of it. So I don't stand still, and I certainly don't go looking for more. And every night before bed, I pray for those pictures to go out of my head. When the prayers don't work, I ask the gin to do it.
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Swell. Isn't there some kinda ghost primer in this joint: Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic, Ridding Yourself of Soul-Stealing Demons for Fun and Profit? Why isn't there ever anything useful around here?" Mabel handed Sam a watercress sandwich. "Thanks, Mabes."
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Libba Bray |
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116d51b
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There's nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right.
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Libba Bray |
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1ee0928
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She is the elephant's eyebrows,
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Libba Bray |
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When did you become a cynic?" Sam asked. Evie smiled. "When I found out I was a little girl."
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Inside a dream I yearned anew You appeared, like morning dew My heart leaped up, no longer blue But only here in Slumberland... The moon sank low in the morning sky Why, oh why, must we say good-bye? I'll see you again, sweet by and by But only here in Slumberland. They say that dreams come true, dear, If you believe their charms But if my dreams came true, dear, I'd hold you in my arms. Sandman come and dust my eyes Blue moon, won't you st..
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Sorry for all the pain and loneliness and disappointment. But there is this, too.
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The King of Crows raked his fingers across the dark until it bled. He licked the blood from his fingers with a forked tongue. "People will believe anything, you know. You only need them to be frightened enough."
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He put a hand to the cool, painted stones bearing witness to so many names, so many histories. In the mural, there were painted lines for the Underground, like scars stretched across the skin of the infected nation. There were wounds and then there were wounds. Some were so great Memphis had no idea how they could ever be healed.
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Rest. Then speak of what you know. Show them what you have seen. Witness until their comfort yields to questions. Till their eyes cry with truth. Till their ears would hear the voices of tomorrow. Till their hearts, heavy with knowledge, beat in understanding.
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Libba Bray |
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Choices. That's what made a man. Wasn't it?
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Libba Bray |
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This is the first family dinner I ever had," she said. "The first of many," Evie promised."
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theta-knight
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don't. I don't know about you, but if I'm gonna be chained to a rock by the gods, I'd rather go out as the person who brought fire back from the mountain than as a pure princess who didn't have the sense to say to everyone, "Oh, hell no, you are not sacrificing me to some sea monster!"
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Libba Bray |
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Fashionable debutantes in pastel chiffon party dresses wilt into leather club chairs like frosted petits fours melting under the July sun.
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Libba Bray |
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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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It was late; I'd been sleeping. I woke up to the sound of him crying. The ward was dark, with only the light from the nurses' station bleeding in. 'Kid,' he said to me, and his voice... his voice was like a ghost. Like that part of him had already died and had come back for the rest. 'Kid, this is worse than Topeka.' He told me that once, in the war, he'd come upon a German soldier in the grass with his insides falling out; he was just lyin..
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And farther still, in the vast prairies mythologized in the American mind, a figure stood shadowed in the dark, biding his time, a scarecrow awaiting harvest.
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Libba Bray |
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I am a lot of things, not all of them noble.
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Libba Bray |
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You don't notice the light without a bit of shadow.
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You can never really know someone completely. That's why it's the most terrifying thing in the world, really - taking someone on faith, hoping they'll take you on faith too. It's such a precious balance, it's a wonder we do it at all.
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A bonfire billowed up. Some in the crowd tossed copies of Ladybird's book into the fire while a librarian pleaded with them not to do that and grabbed a fire extinguisher.* *Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.
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Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world?
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she was sure that all those things she'd been taught abut feeling shame were wrong. It was not a curse to fully inhabit your body. You were only as cursed as you allowed yourself to be.
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Libba Bray |
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I know because I read.
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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 could stand to change."
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theta-knight
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Imagine living each day and not being able to trust your own mind. Imagine having it lie to you, trick you, tell you you're worthless or that the world would be better off without you in it. It would be like... like always hearing an awful radio playing inside your head, one that you can't seem to turn off.
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Libba Bray |
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Evie yanked him to safety by the edge of his shirt, ripping it. "Thanks. You owe me a shirt," Sam said. "You owe me twenty dollars."
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sam-lloyd
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Libba Bray |
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inside everyone was the chance to change the world. It sat like a seed eager to grow into greatness.
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Libba Bray |
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Theta sat next to Memphis and watched Mr. and Mrs. Chan laughing about some private joke. They were a mixed couple, and they were happy. No one seemed to be bothering them. But they were also here in the few blocks of Chinatown. What happened when they crossed Canal Street into the rest of the city? What happened when they went out into the rest of the country?
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Libba Bray |
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Theta's hand slid just slightly toward Memphis's. He inched his forward, too, just grazing the tips of her fingers with his.
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You see, Mr. Phillips, the truth of it is, I am so very American." She slapped the pen down on the onerous paper and slid them both toward her boss. "And that is precisely why I can't--no, why I refuse to sign this."
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The citizens rise and wash, shave and brush. They don stockings and dresses, pants, shirts, and suspenders. They button up their need. Affix their aspirations. Tuck histories neatly inside drawers, creating themselves as they go, a rhapsody of reinvention.
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Did she just say they'd drag the river for your body?" T. S. Woodhouse asked, his pencil poised above his open notebook. Sam sighed like a man deeply in love. "She did, the little bearcat. It's the only defense that poor, helpless girl's got against the animal pull of our love. Uh, you can quote me on that."
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Libba Bray |
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You two must be very happy." "Over the moon. Who'd've thought a regular schmoe like me could land a gem like Baby Doll here," Sam said."
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Libba Bray |
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I am beginning to understand why those ancient women had to hide in caves. Why our parents and teachers and suitors want us to behave properly and predictably. It's not that they want to protect us; it's that they fear us.
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Libba Bray |
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Sam had a skill that often let him take what he needed. But you couldn't do that with love. It had to be given. Shared.
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Libba Bray |
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New York is a city short on patience, cleanliness, clement weather, and citizens who hold faint opinions. It is not a city short of people trying to make a career of being famous, no matter what the opportunity.
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Libba Bray |
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People will disappoint you, Gemma. The question to ask is whether you can learn to live with the disappointment and move on.
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Libba Bray |
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Well, I mean, all the best people have a little beast in them.
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Libba Bray |
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It was not a curse to fully inhabit your body.
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Libba Bray |
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But this time she'd done everything right and they were leaving her anyway. You couldn't be perfect enough to keep the world from betraying you.
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Libba Bray |
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It was not a curse to fully inhabit your body. You were only as cursed as you allowed yourself to be.
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Libba Bray |