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Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one's is watching them so they can be who they really are

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
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Texas
United States
Girls
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I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.
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If this were a movie, I would bust a secret move so fierce the entire place would be razed to the ground. I'd finish with something snappy like And don't forget my soda, punk while I strolled off into the night.
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Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again, I say, cheerily. It's sitting in plain view on your chair in the great hall. I do hope that was the best place for it.
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Will you punish me forever?
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I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.
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Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala, I say with an affected bow.
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We're all damaged somehow.-A Great and Terrible Beauty
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I change the world, the world changes me.
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