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Franny Billingsley is an American author known for her fantasy and young adult literature. Born on July 3, 1954, she has a passion for writing that has fueled a series of novels beloved by readers.

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Famous Franny Billingsley Quotes

“Poor Petey. I’d like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I’d rather feel at the tender spot on his head and give it a poke.”

Giving Feels Poor Truth Is Spots Poke

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

“Even a witch wants sympathy.”

Want Witch Sympathy

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“Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out.”

Way Want Persons Water Secret Presses Dams

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

“Father sighed. “Please spare me these arguments of yours.” “Whose arguments should I use?”

Should Use Father Please Argument Should I Spares

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“My own mask stayed just where it ought. I’ve had lots of practice.”

My Own Practice Ought Mask

Book:Chime

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“You don’t mind when he stares at you.” Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. "He doesn’t stare,” I said. “He looks.”

Mind Looks Said Staring

Book:Chime

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“Let’s hope she’s like the others, who look only at the surface. Let’s hope she’d never think that a girl with black-velvet eyes and cut-glass cheekbones could be a witch.”

Thinking Looks Eye Girl Black Cutting Glasses Surface Witch Velvet Cheekbones

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

“I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I sound as though I’m joking, I know, but I should truly hate to be like Leanne, so charming and ordinary and stuffed with clichéd feelings. I’m glad I’m the ice maiden. Who wants to be crying over every stray dog? Not I. Scratch my surface and what do you see? More surface.”

Knows Want Should Feelings Hate Girl Sound Voice Dog Cry Ordinary Surface Glad Ice Necks Sugar Thick Charming Scratches Maidens Swans Lashes Plums Stray Dogs

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“Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow. The girl has a wicked stepmother: She has a mother hollow. In a story, a baby comes along to fill the child hollow. But in life, the hollows continue empty.”

Way Children Stories Mother Girl Baby Kings Empty One Way Queens Wicked Hollow Kings And Queens Stepmothers Wicked Stepmothers

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“We laughed a lot and I grew warmer still, lovely and warm. I do realize that some of that warmth was due to the wine, but there was much more to it than that. There are two distinct aspects to Communion wine: one aspect is the wine itself, the other is the idea of communion. Wine is certainly warming, but communion is a great deal more so.”

Stills Two Ideas Realizing Deals Grew Aspect Wine Warm Dues Lovely Warmth Laughed Communion

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“He scooped up my arm, swung me round. “Let go, Cecil,” I said. “I’ve a strange dislike of being forced.” “But Briony,” he said, “I’m so full of good spirits. I could walk to London, I think!” Why didn’t he?”

Thinking Said Spirit Walks Strange Arms Letting Go Rounds London Dislike

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“I am entirely well,” said Eldric, “which has Dr. Rannigan exploring first one theory, then another, trying to understand. But not being a man of science, I don’t care about understanding. I simply want to go outside and break a few windows.”

Men Want Trying Firsts Wells Said Care Understanding Break Theory Window Don't Care I Don't Care Drs Exploring Well Said

Author:Franny Billingsley

“Boxing’s not that straightforward,” said Eldric. “You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually.”

Said Different Real Practice Boxing Straightforward

Book:Chime

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“Perhaps you should put your head down.” I knew this was the thing to do, although I’ve never fainted and I don’t intend to.”

Should Things To Do

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“Blast Cecil!” said Eldric. “You have my permission,” I said.”

Said Permission Blast

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“Thoughts are strange creatures. They lead you from one thing to another. Sometimes you don’t know how you got from one to the next.”

Knows Sometimes Next Know How One Thing Strange Creatures

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“I hope you don’t mind my joining you,” said Leanne. I minded. After all, she’d tried to kill me. A girl in a novel would say it was hard to believe, but it wasn’t.”

Mind Believe Said Hard Girl Novel Kill Me Joining Hard To Believe

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

“Witches don’t look like anything. Witches are. Witches do.”

Looks Witch

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“It’s one thing if a person learns you’re a witch. It’s quite another if he learns you’re a murderer. I almost forget I’m a witch now that I know I’m a murderer—murderess, actually. Murderess sounds so much worse.”

Ifs Knows Persons Sound Forget One Thing Witch Murderer

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“You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves.”

Calm Complaining Nerves Complaints Adore

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“That’s where proper stories begin, don’t they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong?”

Stories Stranger Handsome

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“A girl can have the face of an angel but have a horrid sort of heart.”

Heart Faces Girl Angel

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“I explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.”

Ifs Enough Remember Fall Father House Jesus Lost Good Enough Flood Falling Down Carpenter Rebuilding Porch Clergymen

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About the Author

Born: July 3, 1954
Known for: Author
Quotes: 73

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