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I might be a wicked girl who'd think nothing of eating a baby for breakfast, but I'd never allow myself to get expelled. It's far too public.
Franny Billingsley
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Franny Billingsley
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: July 3
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Blast Cecil!” said Eldric. “You have my permission,” I said.
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My own mask stayed just where it ought. I’ve had lots of practice.
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Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways.
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You don’t mind when he stares at you.” Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. He doesn’t stare,” I said. “He looks.
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Did I kill him?” I said. “No, miss,” said Robert. “Pity.
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Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you small as a grain of rice. It twists in your gut like a worm. Silence clawed at my throat. It left a taste of burnt matches.
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I explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.
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Imagine a world without shadows. You cannot touch a shadow, but a world without them is a hard world, and flat.
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Father sighed. “Please spare me these arguments of yours.” “Whose arguments should I use?
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The boy shall have a proper beating,' said Cecil. 'But I beat him already,' I said, 'and don't tell me I didn't do it properly. I'm touchy about these things.
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Let’s hope she’s like the others, who look only at the surface. Let’s hope she’d never think that a girl with black-velvet eyes and cut-glass cheekbones could be a witch.
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