Quotes of Frank Beddor

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“I tell you to think black thoughts and you come up with that?!" the lieutenant had screamed. "Is a guinea pig bad? Do you consider a guinea pig the representation of all that is evil?"Maybe... if it's an evil guinea pig.” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“You can't spend so much time in a place and not carry a bit of it inside you.” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“But I killed you,” Alyss said. “Did you?” Red turned to The Cat. “Why wasn’t I informed?” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'"-Dodge(obviously)” ― Frank Beddor, Seeing Redd
“I'm having the weirdest sense of deja vu right now," said the green caterpiller.Duh!" said the blue caterpiller. "Do you think, just maybe, that's because you predicted this?"Oh, yeah."--The Looking Glass Wars” ― Frank Beddor
“Off with their heads!” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“Redd turned to her assassins. "What is it I always say?"The Cat, Sacrenoir, and the others bandied uncertain glances about."Don’t be stupid?" ventured Alistaire."I should kill you now?" offered The Cat."Do I have to murder everyone myself?" tried Siren."No, idiots! When in doubt, go for the head. That’s what I always say. ” ― Frank Beddor, ArchEnemy
“Whatever power I have is nothing if I can't use it to keep safe those who mean the most to me.” ― Frank Beddor, Seeing Redd
“And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.” ― Frank Beddor, Seeing Redd
“Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“She didn't bother to understand it all; it was history--boring boring boring.” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“For most of the universe's inhabitants, life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in all its guises, where even to survive - let alone survive with dignity - is heroic. To soldier through the days in the wake of failure is the courageous act of many.” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“We're family," Alyss said.Redd snorted. "Is that supposed to mean something?"Family," Alyss said again, trying to convince herself more than Redd.Don't talk to me about family! You were never disowned by your parents!"I'd rather have been disowned by them then see them murdered.” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“I've finished running from you, Redd. It's time for you to run."--Alyss” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“I think I speak for all of us when I say, "Huh?” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“Queen Alyss, my guards have discovered something you should see."Her face had relaxed at the sight of him, but her brow at once contracted, her lips thinned with tension.We've found evidence of suspicious activity in the palace," he said.What sort of activity?"You might want to step this way and see for youself. I apologize in advance for you having to set foot in a gaurdsman's quaters."He led her into his rooms. The boyish portrait of Sir Justice, the fire crystals in the hearth, the elegantly arrayed table: Alyss blinked in puzzlement.What is all this?"My best guess, You Majesty, is that it's breakfast, but I can't be sure until we taste it.” ― Frank Beddor, Seeing Redd
“After the temper subsides and one has a moment to calmly reflect, it isn't uncommon for declarations shouted in a fit of rage to strike one as untrue, and because they may have been hurtful to family, friends, lovers, husbands, or wives, one wishes them unsaid.” ― Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars
“I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.” ― Frank Beddor
“Most of life is unbearable. It’s unbearable but we bear it” ― Frank Beddor
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Frank Beddor

Literary Sleuth and world creator Frank Beddor dared to expose the true story of Wonderland in the New York Times bestselling young adult trilogy The Looking Glass Wars. To satisfy the awakened curiosity of his readers he continued to tell the parallel advent…

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