May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the weather and the Queen's health. Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.
Libba BrayWhy does everyone want to own me?" Pippa mumbles. She's got her head in her hands. "Why do they all want to control my life -- how I look, whom I see, what I do or don't do? Why can't they just let me alone?"
"Because you're beautiful," Ann answers, watching the fire lick her palm. "People always think they can own beautiful things.
Everything is randomly connected.
Libba BraySee, now I don't know whether to be all 'Yay!' because you're empowered or sad because you're having delusional almost-sex with an imaginary boyfriend.
Libba BrayThere was something about the island that made the girls forget who they had been. All those rules and shalt nots. They were no longer waiting for some arbitrary grade. They were no longer performing. Waiting. Hoping.
They were becoming.
They were.
Did they find something wanting in you, Gemma, at the party? You didn’t speak too freely or behave…strangely?”
I grew claws and bayed at the moon. I confessed that I eat the hearts of small children. I told them I like the French.
There’s a moment of profound sadness that can be dispelled only by summoning my anger.
Libba BrayWe are English, and I expect you to behave as such. No more crying.
Libba BrayReally, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.
Libba BrayAs one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the whole world, bodies flying high in defiance of gravity, as if they will never fall.
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