Libba Bray Quotes

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.

If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.

I'm an oddity of one, my strangeness too complicated to explain or share.

Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.

I refuse to let the past find me here.

There are no safe choices. Only other choices.

The hand you hold the longest is your own.

People will believe anything if it means they can go on with their lives and not have to think too hard about it.

We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be.

I love you for who you are, not who the world thinks you should be.

Write like it matters, and it will.

Women who have power are always feared.

To those who will see, the world waits.

I know because I read...Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

You couldn't be perfect enough to keep the world from betraying you.

Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.

Jeez, someone needs to push the reset button on this planet.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower.

The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.

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?

The vicar, whose name is Reverend Waite, leads us in prayers that all begin with 'O Lord' and end with our somehow not being worthy-sinners who have always been sinners and will forever more be sinners until we die. It isn't the most optimistic outlook I've ever heard but we're encouraged to keep trying anyway.

The trouble with morning is that it comes well before noon.

People tend to think that hate is the most dangerous emotion. But love is equally dangerous,” Will said. “There are many stories of spirits haunting the places and people who meant the most to them. In fact, there are more of those than there are revenge stories.