909 Quotes by Libba Bray

It’s always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

People will disappoint you, Gemma. The question to ask is whether you can learn to live with the disappointment and move on.

They would place their hands together inside the circle so that they could walk in each other’s dreams. It forged a bond that could not be broken. The circle represents love in eternity. For there is no beginning and no end.

Please, I’m a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don’t know how to defend myself?

Sam. Don’t make me kill you on a full stomach. I might get a cramp.

Sam’s mother used to say that inside everyone was the chance to change the world. It sat like a seed eager to grow into greatness. The professor could have his ghosts. Ordinary people were capable of extraordinary bravery. That was the only magic Sam knew or trusted.

Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala,” I say with an affected bow.

Now is the only thing you can count on, Sam. It’s all we really get,” she said quietly, and felt that it was the truest thing she’d ever said.

Fashionable debutantes in pastel chiffon party dresses wilt into leather club chairs like frosted petit fours melting under the July sun.