Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in a voice of affected mystery. “Really, Mabesie. You might want to reconsider—he is a bit of a killjoy.

Libba Bray

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You can never know about about your own destiny: are the people you meet there to play a part on your oun destiny, or do you exist just to play a role in theirs?

destiny play people

I changed the world; the world changed me. Everything you do comes back to you. When you affect a situation, you are also affected.

situation changed world

I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I understand what it costs him to hide it all.

pain hair running

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.

weekend blessed mother

I've never been in love. I will die without knowing what it feels like to need to see one person's face when you go to sleep at night, to crave seeing it when you wake up. I wish I knew.

knowing sleep night

In a world beyond this one, that river goes on singing sweetly, enchanting us with what we want to hear, shaping what we need to see in order to keep going. In those waters, all disappointments are forgotten, our mistakes forgiven. Gazing into them, we see a strong father. A loving mother. Warm rooms where we are sheltered, adored, wanted. And the uncertainty of our futures is nothing more than the fog of breath on a windowpane.

strong disappointment mother

I want to ask him if it’s possible that a girl can be born unlovable, or does she just become that way?

girl doe want

Meraa mitra yahaan aaiye," he murmurs. I understand only a little Hindi, enough to know what he has said: Come here, my friend. I've never known a braver girl," he says.

hindi girl littles

The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rath... by Libba Bray

The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rather, it accepts that it is the dark.

bovine light dark

I'm just saying it's not all sand castles and ninjas. by Libba Bray

I'm just saying it's not all sand castles and ninjas.

ninja just-saying castles

Thou shalt not steal. I seem to recall that being one of God’s I’d rather you didn’t lest I have to smite you into ash commandments.

recalls ashes stealing

You’ve been assigned an identity since birth. Then you spend the rest of your life walking around in it to see if it really fits. You try on all these different selves and abandon just as many. But really it’s about dismantling all that false armor, getting down to what’s real. -Going Bovine

real self trying

These are hard times. The world hurts. We live in fear and forget to walk with hope. But hope has not forgotten you. So ask it to dinner. It's probably hungry and would appreciate the invitation.

hard-times appreciate hurt

My misery is reaching epidemic proportions. by Libba Bray

My misery is reaching epidemic proportions.

reaching epidemics misery

We're all damaged somehow."-A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

We're all damaged somehow."-A Great and Terrible Beauty

terrible

No one can steal our dream. by Libba Bray

No one can steal our dream.

our-dreams stealing dream

I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time."-A Great and Terrible Beauty

forgiving awful light

They swoon over Tom, who preens for them, bowing, which sets them to blushing and giggling. God help us all.

god-help-us blushing helping

Sheep. I'm stuck in a boarding school filled with sheep. by Libba Bray

Sheep. I'm stuck in a boarding school filled with sheep.

stuck sheep school

Live life as if today is your last day living. :-) by Libba Bray

Live life as if today is your last day living. :-)

live-life lasts today