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I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one book I needed and whisper the necessary page numbers. Like a speakeasy. With books.

I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one book I needed and whisper the necessary page numbers. Like a speakeasy. With books.

Libba Bray
Book, Numbers, Giving

A pair of Blue Noses on the next bench glared their disapproval at Evie’s knee-length dress. Evie decided to give them a real show. She hiked her skirt and, humming jauntily, rolled down her stockings, exposing her legs. It had the desired effect on the Blue Noses, who moved down the platform, clucking about the “disgrace of the young.” She would not miss this place.

Libba Bray
Real, Blue, Giving

She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.

Libba Bray
Lying, Fighting, Giving
Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.502, Simon and Schuster

I've been poked and prodded in places I'd always prided myself on keeping untouched for that one special doctor who gives me a ring and a promise someday.

Libba Bray
Doctors, Giving, Promise
Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.77, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.

Libba Bray
Life, Running, Giving
Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

Memphis—it’s just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. It’s what they do. It’s not following you, and it’s not a sign. Unless you really did give it candy and flowers, in which case you are one strange brother.

Libba Bray
Brother, Flower, Giving

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