There are no girl books. There are no boy books. There are just books.

Libba Bray


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There is a dualism inherent in democracy--opposing forces pushing against each other, always. Culture clashes. Different belief systems. All coming together to create this country. But this balance takes a great deal of energy.

Libba Bray


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But what was the point of living so quietly you made no noise at all?

Libba Bray


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No, you're right. I shan't ever understand your willingness to lie down and die," Felicity barks. "If you won't at least try to fight, I have no sympathy for you.

Libba Bray


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

Libba Bray


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It keeps her purity vacum-sealed to preserve its freshness for her future husband.

Libba Bray

Stichwörter: humor



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On the Bowery, in the ornate carcass of a formerly grand vaudeville theater, a dance marathon limps along. The contestants, young girls and their fellas, hold one another up, determined to make their mark, to bite back at the dreams sold to them in newspaper advertisements and on the radio. They have sores on their feet but stars in their eyes.

Libba Bray

Stichwörter: dancing new-york libba-bray the-diviners



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Careful there, Poet. I might start to believe you.

Libba Bray

Stichwörter: poet libba-bray the-diviners



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Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in a week’s time.

Libba Bray

Stichwörter: libba-bray the-diviners



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The wind has shifted to the East. A storm isn't far off. I can smell the moisture in the air, a fetid, living thing. Isolated drops fall, licking at my hands, my face, my dress. The quests squawk in surprise, turn their palms up to the sky as if questioning it, and dash for cover.

Libba Bray

Stichwörter: rain weather



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