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0ca733e
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I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention.
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Libba Bray |
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Just once, she'd like to be the exciting one, the girl somebody wanted.
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libba-bray
excitement
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Libba Bray |
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9bb7dd4
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Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?
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Libba Bray |
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28eef68
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Without further warning, the sky opens up and cries.
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Libba Bray |
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327bad3
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Goodbye," I whisper at last, when it no longer matters and there is no one to hear it but the window."
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Libba Bray |
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daae04b
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HI. I'm from Arkansas, the cantaloupe state. And tonight, I hope you will hold my melons close to your heart and vote me your Miss Teen Dream.
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Libba Bray |
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cf0e3c1
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Please, I'm a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don't know how to defend myself?
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libba-bray
queen
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Libba Bray |
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19e32c0
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Evie winked at Sam and he whispered low in her ear, making her neck tingle. "Sister, together, we could be a hell of a team."
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Libba Bray |
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2500658
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I am dying a thousand cruel and unusual deaths as fifty pairs of eyes take me in, size me up like something that should be hanging over a fireplace in a gentleman's den.
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Libba Bray |
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2ac6f90
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We have traveled through space and time. We have been many places. Visited many worlds. And there is good news: the acoustics everywhere are terrific.
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Libba Bray |
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1c40b27
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Taylor clapped her hands three times for attention. "Ladies! Ladies! My stars! That's enough. Now. We all know Miss Arkansas's girls are fake, miss Ohio's easier than making cereal, and Miss Montana's dress is something my blind meemaw would wear to bingo night. And Miss New Mexico -- aren't you from the chill-out state? Maybe you can channel up some new-age-Whole-Foods-incense calm right about now, because we have a big job ahead called st..
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a1edeba
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As a kid, I imagined lots of different scenarios for my life. I would be an astronaut. Maybe a cartoonist. A famous explorer or rock star. Never once did I see myself standing under the window of a house belonging to some druggie named Carbine, waiting for his yard gnome to steal his stash so I could get a cab back to a cheap motel where my friend, a neurotic, death-obsessed dwarf, was waiting for me so we could get on the road to an undefi..
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imagination
quick-plot-summary
crazy
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Libba Bray |
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The land has a memory. Every stream and river runs with a confession of sorts, history whispered over rocks, lifted in the beaks of birds at a stream, carried out to the sea. Buffalo thunder across plains whose soil was watered with the blood of battles long since relegated to musty books on forgotten shelves. Fields once strewn with blue and gray now flower with uneasy buds. The slave master snaps the lash, and generations later, the ance..
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lair-of-dreams
libba-bray
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Libba Bray |
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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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Libba Bray |
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55bf816
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They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.
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money
world
truth
position
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Libba Bray |
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1de019f
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It's as if I've inherited a skin I cannot quite fit, and so I walk about constantly pulling and and tugging, pinning and pruning, trying desperately to fill it out, hoping that no one will look at me struggling and say, 'That one there- she's a fraud, Look how she doesn't fit at all.
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Libba Bray |
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24632ee
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What you want can be yours. But you must first know what it is you want.
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Libba Bray |
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9902c0e
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Gemma~Was he really looking at me that way? Kartik~What way? Gemma~Like a piece of ripe fruit? Katrik~You'd best be on your guard with him.
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I've spent the last two hours worried that you were bleeding to death in a ditch," Evie continued. "Now that I know you're okay, I just want you to be bleeding to death in a ditch." "Aww, Lamb Chop, you missed me."
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Libba Bray |
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9e5d4e7
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Come on, Father. Stop me. Tell me to behave, to go to hell, something, anything.
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Libba Bray |
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410d94e
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So. Tell me," Marlowe tried gamely, "what do you think is man's greatest invention?" Jericho turned his head just slightly toward Marlowe, looking him straight in the eye. "God." --
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religion-and-philoshophy
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ac2eaeb
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She was too much--for Zenith, Ohio. She'd tried at times to make herself smaller, to fit neatly into the ordered lines of expectation. But somehow, she always managed to say or do something outrageous--she'd accept a dare to climb a flagpole, or make a slightly risque joke, or go riding in cars with boys--and suddenly she was "that awful O'Neill girl" all over again."
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Libba Bray |
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e43c144
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Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry.
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resilience
smiles
worry
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Libba Bray |
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7eaf95f
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Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it? Do you know how long it takes for Listeria to grow under those hot lamps, even with ice?' Here we go. 'It can happen in just five hours. Five hours and you've got the salad bar of death!' The waitress looks confused. 'From Listerine?
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Libba Bray |
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1e5306c
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Brought to you by The Corporation: In your homes and in your pants.
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libba-bray
queen
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Libba Bray |
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I have done what they expected of me. I have curtsied for my Queen and made my debut. This is what I have anticipated eagerly for years. So why do I feel so unsatisfied? Everyone is merry. They haven't a care in the world. And perhaps that is it. How terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. I do not fit. I feel too deeply and want too much.
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want
the-sweet-far-thing
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Libba Bray |
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b768411
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Live life as if today is your last day living. :-)
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Libba Bray |
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The wolf was at the door. His shadow spilled into the room, taking it over.
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Libba Bray |
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Sosie wasn't sure how to answer. Since she could remember, she'd had crushes on both girls and guys. They were person-specific infatuations - Brian Levithan's wicked sense of humour was every bit as sexy as Valerie Martnez's sweet smile and amazing krunk routines. It seemed odd to Sosie that she had to make some hard-and-fast decision about such an arbitrary, individual thing as attraction, like having to declare an orientation major:
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Libba Bray |
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You know what else is hot?" said a nameless blonde as she put her arm around the one black girl. "What?" "Bisexuals." "Totally. Well, not like real bisexuals who are just sort of your everyday people, but, like, the kind of bisexuals you see in magazines wearing nothing but body paint and kissing both boys and girls to promote a new single." "Totally, totally hot."
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Libba Bray |
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The police have asked for my help. There's been a murder." "A murder! Oh, my. Let me just change my shoes," Evie said excitedly. "It won't be a minute."
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murder
shoes
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Libba Bray |
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67922f7
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On TV, talking heads wrung their hands over a lack of traditional feminine values and wondered if girls' sports were to blame. Then they cut to a commercial featuring a sexy college coed vacuuming her dorm room in her underwear.
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Libba Bray |
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ed35a7b
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There is a dualism inherent in democracy--opposing forces pushing against each other, always. Culture clashes. Different belief systems. All coming together to create this country. But this balance takes a great deal of energy.
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Libba Bray |
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DiscomfortWear(tm), 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(tm).
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Libba Bray |
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cee770f
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Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in a week's time.
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the-diviners
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e4e1aa2
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Adina sat up. "It's denigrating and objectifying." "No. It's eye shadow and lipstick and sex and mystery and magic and transformation and fun. And nobody's taking that away from me. You will pry my Petal Power lip gloss out of my cold, dead hands," Shanti insisted."
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There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the society itself? They reap its rewards without experiencing its costs. No. I submit that loyal, hardworking citizens who push aside their own selfish desires for the good of the whole are the backbone of the world. What if we all decided to run off and live freely without thought or care for societ..
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Libba Bray |
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Adina appealed to the sky. "We asked for rescue and you sent us incompetent rockstar pirates with a broken ship and perfect abs?" "Thank you, God," Petra said." --
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humour
humor
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Libba Bray |
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82e4906
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It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is.
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Libba Bray |
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36ec06a
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She wished she were as inconsequential as the ghosts in her dreams.
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Libba Bray |
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07c50c8
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I took Advanced PowerPoint last semester. You guys are always misunderestimating me. I'm totally ready to handle the big stuff.
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Libba Bray |
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It was funny how their odd little family of friends had changed him. Made him feel safe. Theta, Memphis, Henry, Jericho, Mabel, Ling, Isaiah, and especially Evie. They'd been there for him. Opened the parts of him he was afraid would be closed off forever. Why had he wasted so much time bottling up his feelings? What did that ever get anybody but dumb fights? He had friends. He had a home in them. And Evie was home, too.
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Libba Bray |
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6438bc8
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The beast attempts a beautific look that could be mistaken for a bout of painful wind.
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Libba Bray |
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cc026e2
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No? Part girl, part wolf? Do they lick their butter knives?
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Libba Bray |