909 Quotes by Libba Bray

Gonzo narrows his eyes. ‘How often do you clean that thing?’ ‘Every night,’ the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. ‘That’s it? Do you know how long it takes for Listeria to grow under those hot lamps, even with ice?’ Here we go. ‘It can happen in just five hours. Five hours and you’ve got the salad bar of death!’ The waitress looks confused. ‘From Listerine?

Little clue: wasted on me.” “What?” “I’m into girls.” “Oh. Oh!” Chu said. “Right. Got it. That’s cool. I’ve got a cousin who’s gay. Amy Liu. Know her?” Jennifer laughed. “Oh, sure. I’ll just look her up in the Big Book of Lesbians. We get a copy of that with the purchase of our first flannel shirt.

I don’t think you should die until you’re ready. Until you’ve wrung out every last bit of living you can.

We’ve barley stepped into the bright glow of the realms when everything goes dark...

Sam grabbed one of Jericho’s Civil War soldier figurines and held it up to his mouth. “Oh, Jericho,” he said in a high-pitched voice. “Take me in your arms, you big he-man, you!

They see her differently now, as somebody. And isn’t that what everyone wants? To be seen?

Nicole hated that she could never quite feel like she was just herself, just Nicole, but that she was somehow representing an entire race. That’s how they saw her, as a “they” and not a “she.

Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn’t allow that torch to be extinguished.

Goodbye,” I whisper at last, when it no longer matters and there is no one to hear it but the window.