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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

“I might be a wicked girl who'd think nothing of eating a baby for breakfast, but I'd never allow myself to get expelled. It's far too public.”

Thinking Might Girl Baby Eating Wicked Breakfast

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

“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

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

“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

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

“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

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

Heart Faces Girl Angel

Book:Chime

Source: Chime

About the Author

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

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