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“In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world, could flee from death. That was the deceit. The true serpent in the garden.”

Quote by Libba Bray

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Libba Bray

Libba Bray is an American author known for her fantasy and young adult literature. Born on March 11, 1964, she graduated from the College of William & Mary. Bray's works often explore complex relationships and deep emotions, making her a favorite among readers. more

“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 lying there in agony. The soldier had looked up at Sergeant Leonard, and even though they didn’t speak the same language, they understood each other with just a look. The German lying on the ground; the American standing over him. He put a bullet in the soldier’s head. He didn’t do it with anger, as an enemy, but as a fellow man, one soldier helping another.”

Men Looks War Helping Lying Fall Speak Language Enemy Understood Standing Fellows Soldier Grass Agony Bullets Fellow Man Sergeants German Soldiers

Author:Libba Bray

“The wolf was at the door. His shadow spilled into the room, taking it over.”

Rooms Doors Shadow

Author:Libba Bray

“She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.”

Trying Might Wanted Jobs Form Grows Fingers Enjoyment Claws Slender Great Patience

Author:Emile Zola

“It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.”

Feels Fall Responsibility One Thing Love You Romantic Falling In Love Romantic Love I Loved You Romantic Love You Falling For You Romantic I Love You Beautiful Romantic Him And Her Short Romantic Love

Book:Every Day

Source: Every Day

“She was tired of being told how it was by this generation, who’d botched things so badly. They’d sold their children a pack of lies: God and country. Love your parents. All is fair. And then they’d sent those boys, her brother, off to fight a great monster of a war that maimed and killed and destroyed whatever was inside them. Still they lied, expecting her to mouth the words and play along. Well, she wouldn’t. She knew now that the world was a long way from fair. She knew the monsters were real.”

“......what I was born does not matter, only what I will make of myself, only what I will become.”

Doe Matter Born

Book:The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Source: The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.”

Knows Fiction Fiction Writers Credible

Author:John le Carre

“He wanted to hit something or someone. He wanted to burn up the whole world, heal it, and burn it down again.”

World Whole Wanted Heal Whole World

Author:Libba Bray

“They kept the lie going, and the people loved it.”

People Lying

Book:The Diviners: Number 1 in series

Source: The Diviners: Number 1 in series

“I've traveled all over the world for the Institute, but I never dreamed I'd meet someone like you." "Strong?" A chuckle escaped her. "Yes." "Handsome?" "Of course." "Sharp of wit and skilled with a sword?" "Absolutely." An other chuckle. "But I mean a man… friend… guy. Oh, I don't know what to call you!" He savored her amusement—and her earnest words. "Just call me yours. That is all I want to be." (Ashlyn and Maddox)”