75 Quotes by Franny Billingsley

I don’t mean to be ungrateful but if someone’s out there answering prayers, mine’s not at the top of the list.

It’s the picnic principle. Things taste better outdoors. And if it’s a forbidden thing, so much the better.

I don’t know what it is, but I ache for it each day. It’s as though I have eyes, but there are colors I cannot see. As though I have ears, but there’s a range of notes I cannot hear.

That’s where proper stories begin, don’t they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong?

Yes, I’m shallow, I don’t mind admitting it. Perhaps I should admit that there’s no end to the depths of my shallowness.

Death had no lips, but it was smiling.

Despite her cough, Rose was in unusually good spirits. That was irritating. If I’m to trade my life for Rose’s, I’d appreciate her exhibiting a touch of melancholy. Also acceptable would be despair.

Poor Petey. I’d like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I’d rather feel at the tender spot on his head and give it a poke.

Should I ever again sink into illness, I’m sure I’ll remember Eldric. I’ll remember he cared for me. I’ll remember that someone had at least taken the time to touch my face.