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Here is a selection of memorable quotes from Red Queen by Christina Henry. Despite all you have done. Yes , Alice thought, I love Hatcher despite all he has done. And when I see him again I will not be a child trailing his coattails. I will be a woman, and I can love him with clear eyes. p. 219 “If I had courage enough I would have taken a dagger to my own heart long ago.” “That is not courage,” Alice said. “It takes more courage to go on living, to keep in hope.” p. ? “The world gobbles us and chews us and swallows us,” Hatcher said, in that uncanny way he had of reading her thoughts. “I think happy endings must be accidents.” “But we hope for them all the same,” Alice said. She looked sadly at the remains of those hopeful faces. Above all, we hope not to die in terror . p.34

Here is a selection of memorable quotes from Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi By contrast, Hero’s tendency toward non reaction (anti reaction?) had an immediate effect. A luminous frost set in; one that gave even hardened egoists pase…it seemed so starkly unwise to reveal oneself to someone who wore this particular listening face. p.8 A great many books are firmly closed despite the general impression that they’re wide open — they’ll jovially present their back cover as page one and be baffled that you thought there’d be more. Some of these adamantly close books are also people. There you go: you can picture Hero Tojosa like that if you want to.   p.8 Livia was storm, stress, and carnage on every level. p.35 It was a good base of operations, smilingly discreet, not winkingly discreet— the distinction was vital. p.35 She was no longer invested in the effort of displaying uniqueness, or forcing somebody else to exhibit theirs. It was beginning to look as I she had the loves she p