Guess what it is that turns plants to coal. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns limestone to marble. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns Briony's heart to stone. Pressure. Pressure is uncomfortable, but so are the gallows. Keep your secrets, wolfgirl. Dance your fists with Eldric's, snatch lightning from the gods. Howl at the moon, at the blood-red moon. Let your mouth be a cavern of stars.
I am entirely well,” said Eldric, “which has Dr. Rannigan exploring first one theory, then another, trying to understand. But not being a man of scie… - Franny Billingsley
I am entirely well,” said Eldric, “which has Dr. Rannigan exploring first one theory, then another, trying to understand. But not being a man of scie…
- Franny Billingsley
If you say a word, it leaps out and becomes the truth. I love you. I believe it. I believe I am loveable. How can something as fragile as a word buil… - Franny Billingsley
If you say a word, it leaps out and becomes the truth. I love you. I believe it. I believe I am loveable. How can something as fragile as a word buil…
You mind your tongue!” “Oh, I do,” I said. “I sharpen it every evening on your name. - Franny Billingsley
You mind your tongue!” “Oh, I do,” I said. “I sharpen it every evening on your name.
I've confessed to everything and I's liked to be hanged. Now, if you please - Franny Billingsley
I've confessed to everything and I's liked to be hanged. Now, if you please
When we were small, Rose and I used to play a game called connect the dots. I loved it. I loved drawing a line from dot number 1 to dot number 2 and … - Franny Billingsley
When we were small, Rose and I used to play a game called connect the dots. I loved it. I loved drawing a line from dot number 1 to dot number 2 and …
We laughed a lot and I grew warmer still, lovely and warm. I do realize that some of that warmth was due to the wine, but there was much more to it t… - Franny Billingsley
We laughed a lot and I grew warmer still, lovely and warm. I do realize that some of that warmth was due to the wine, but there was much more to it t…
I hated myself, but I also loved myself in a hateful way. - Franny Billingsley
I hated myself, but I also loved myself in a hateful way.
People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much. - Franny Billingsley
People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much.
Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways. - Franny Billingsley
Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways.
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