"I have an artificial left eye. I lost my real eye in a car accident when I was eighteen. In fact, I had to have my entire face rebuilt because I smashed it up pretty good. It took six years and thirteen surgeries. However, I did have the pleasure of freezing a plastic eyeball in an ice cube, putting it in a friends drink, ("Eyeball in your highball?") and watching him freak completely. Okay, so maybe thats not going down on my good karma record. But it sure was fun."
Martha Elizabeth "Libba" Bray is an American writer of young adult novels including the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Going Bovine, Beauty Queens, The Diviners series, and Under the Same Stars.
"Marisol does a silly dance with Balder and the screw, one in each hand, so that nobody gets the idea that she takes tins — or anything else, for that matter — seriously. And just like that, something in the cosmos shifts. A butterfly flaps its wings in South America. Snow falls in Chicago. You give an idiot a stupid magic screw and it turns out to be a necessary part after all."
"In our travels, we have come across many equations — math for understanding the universe, for making music, for mapping stars, and also for tipping, which is important. Here is our favorite equation: Us plus Them equals All of Us. It is very simple math. Try it sometime. You probably won’t even need a pencil."
"I was pretty sure you’d be weird. But now that I’ve met you, I can honestly say you’re even weirder."
"My dad was a Presbyterian minister. Yes, I am one of those dreaded P.K.s — Preachers Kids. Be afraid. Be very afraid…"
"My favorite word is "redemption." I like both its meaning and the sound. My least favorite word is "maybe." "Maybe" is almost always a "no" drawn out in cruel fashion."
"Im one of those people who has to write. If I dont write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybodys glad when I write and stop complaining already."