Thatโs where proper stories begin, donโt they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong?
Franny BillingsleyOur English monarchs are so unimaginative,โ said Eldric. โThey execute people in such tediously conventional ways.
Franny BillingsleyI don't like my shoes,' said Rose. 'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.' 'You only hear a person complain,' said Rose. 'Not see.' How has Rose lived for seventeen years and no one has killed her, not once?
Franny BillingsleyActually, it would be assumed that the young lady had no such impulses at all, but Iโll tell you something: Chocolate melts on my tongue too.
Franny BillingsleyGuess what it is that turns plants to coal. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns limestone to marble. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns Briony's heart to stone. Pressure. Pressure is uncomfortable, but so are the gallows. Keep your secrets, wolfgirl. Dance your fists with Eldric's, snatch lightning from the gods. Howl at the moon, at the blood-red moon. Let your mouth be a cavern of stars.
Franny Billingsley