Quotable Thursday

 


"It's her fever,"Hanna said quickly as an apology. "She doesn't know what she's saying."

"Yes, I do!" Adelaide said. And then, as if giving a formal recitation, she clasmed her hands to her chest and spoke brightly:  "There is the element of Badness in me. I long to cultivate my element of Badness. Badness compared to Nothingness is beautiful."--Emily M. Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines

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