Laura Bickle Quotes

#1. Shoulders slumped in defeat, I turned to walk away. The drugstore had caved under the force of my criminal will, but the Coke machine was virtuous. Inviolate.

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#2. I ran my fingers over the black ink. "They're holy to you."
Alex flexed his fingers. "They are now.

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#3. I began to murmur the Lord's Prayer in thanks.
"Shit," Mrs. Parsall said.

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#4. There was a difference, I had decided, between knowing and believing. And I wanted both.

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#5. I wanted the syrupy taste of this small rebellion. And this stupid machine was denying that bit of freedom to me ... just like everyone else.

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#6. Men are essentially useless for the difficult things in life. For births and deaths, one clearheaded woman is more useful than a half-dozen men.

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#7. The men in black walked back across the field, back to their dry homes, like crows returning to the nest. I trailed behind them, a confused and drenched brown sparrow behind the flock.

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#8. God cannot be with everyone. Not everyone is right.

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#9. That night I lay in bed and stared out the window. Night and I were old friends.

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#10. I wasn't threatened by fantasy.

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#11. I slipped outside ... and into the realm of the ravens.

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#12. I was afraid to be Outside alone, without Elijah. But, no matter what, I would have to get used to his absence. I would have to prove to him and to myself that I could.

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#13. God smiles on those who quietly do his dirty work, my girl.

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#14. People scared Petra - they were volatile, unpredictable. But the natural world could always be explained. It behaved according to established laws that didn't change. Petra could play by those rules.

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#15. His eyes widened. "You didn't go back to town, did you?"
"No. I went to church."
"Ah, well. That explains it," he blurted. "I mean ... well ... Two hours of sermons is enough to dim anyone's sparkle.

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#16. There is only one way to a man's heart. Through gentleness. Not by getting angry or jealous.

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#17. Maybe now that Elijah was feeling well enough to be interfering in my business, he'd also be well enough to look after his own chores.

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#18. For me, that was love. Tangible. Love was what was in front of me, not a distant fantasy.

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#19. I was a hypocrite. When the roof came down, it was going to fall on me first.

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#20. I could barely breathe as I fled down the steps, like something was stuck in my throat. I couldn't tell what flavor it was; it tasted salty like tears, but it was sharp as broken glass.

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#21. What did you come for?" he murmured.
"For you.

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#22. I think I'd rather be branded than submit to some of the things that you have to." He said this without spite, just a soft statement of fact. "I'm not strong enough to do that.

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