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Libba Bray is an American author best known for her young adult novels, including the Gemma Doyle Trilogy and "The Diviners" series. Her work blends historical fiction with fantasy and satire, often exploring themes of identity and empowerment. She has received numerous awards for her innovative storytelling and memorable characters. Here are 265 of her quotes:

He wanted to hit something or someone. He wanted to burn up the whole world, heal it, and burn it down again. (Libba Bray)
There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another... View quote
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There are no wrong decisions ― only different ones. View quote
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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. View quote
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Oh, hello," Dr. M says, shaking Balder's hand. "Wonderful costume. I'm a bit of a role player myself on the weekends. Tell me, where did you get the helmet?" "It was forged in the North, blessed by the hands of Odin, given to me by my mother, Frigg," Balder answers. "Lovely. I got mine on the Internet. View quote
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas Pynchon had a love child, and it was raised by Frank Zappa on a weird commune, that would be this book. View quote
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I'm related to Davy Crockett on my mom's side. Honest. View quote
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We're comfortable with women in certain roles but not comfortable with women expressing anger or fully accepting their power. The most daring question a woman can ask is, 'What do I want?' View quote
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I'm one of those people who has to write. If I don't write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody's glad when I write and stop complaining already. View quote
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Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them. View quote
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If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see. (Libba Bray)
There's no such thing as nothing. In every nothing, there's a something. In fact, there could be everything! View quote
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A guy's gotta live, you know, gotta make his way and find his meaning in life and love, and to do that he needs coffee, he needs coffee and coffee and coffee. View quote
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I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I've got to think. View quote
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Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic. View quote
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Its so daunting to walk into a classroom or a school auditorium. Its like the worlds weirdest blind date. I know all the students are thinking, Who is this tool standing up in front of us? View quote
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I don't think you should die until you're ready. Until you've wrung out every last bit of living you can. View quote
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I'm a librarian, not an oracle. View quote
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Sheep. I'm stuck in a boarding school filled with sheep. View quote
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How I'd love to get away from here and be someone else for a while in a place where no one knows or expects certain things from me. View quote
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You couldn't be perfect enough to keep the world from betraying you. (Libba Bray)
The hand you hold the longest is your own. View quote
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And now I understand that truth casts a spell of its own, one I'm not sure of how to hold on to, though I'm desperate to try. View quote
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Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower. View quote
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What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices? View quote
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Libba Bray

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Occupation: American Writer
Born: March 11, 1964
Quotes count: 265
Wikipedia: Libba Bray

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