BANGHART, Tracy - Grace and Fury

GRACE AND FURY by Tracy Banghart

QUOTES FOR DISCUSSION

Her mother had taught her the importance of masks.

pg. 2

Even here, dressed in her nicest clothes, Nomi looked as untamable as ever. A girl who hated everything about the Graces and what they represented - and now she was one of them.

Pg. 26

I love you, Sister, as maddening as you are. I would never leave you to face this alone.

Pg. 33

That dress is lethal.

Pg. 94

She had to learn these things. She couldn't risk displeasing anyone.

Pg. 98

He smelled of espresso and warm sand.

Pg. 98

Nomi had never been paid such an extravagant compliment in her life.

Pg. 99

Everything's different and unexpected...  This wasn't your choice.

Pg. 99

“My mother used to tell me that raging against a life you can’t change only hurts you.” Her voice hitched. “But she was lucky. She died young.”

Pg. 114

Do what you like.

Oracles’ words pounded in her head. No one had ever said that to her before. Her life had been ruled by duty. And none, not even the people she lived, had let her forget it.

Pg. 117

Every night, every time I close my eyes, I see them. Always, always they’re in pain. I carry them with me, and I will until I die.

Pg. 138

Pray your sister is easily broken. It's the defiant ones who suffer the most.

Pg. 154

No one should be made to feel broken or powerless. Not you, not me. Not anyone.

Pg. 160

"You are not his to touch."

Nomi's eyes widened at the undercurrent of anger beneath Malachi's words. But of course. She understood. It was a question of property. A fury rising, she said, "Because I am yours to touch you mean."

Pg. 189

"Your ability to mask your true feelings, your true self, will be your greatest weapon."

"I need a weapon?" Serena had asked

Their mother had lifted her chin. "Every woman does."

Pg. 216

My father used to say opposition isn't a finite state. It's a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off.

Pg. 259