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She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her she should be.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

You have some balls." Frankie hated that expression, ever since Zada had pointed out to her that it equates courage with the male equipment...

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

I can feel like a hag some days if I want! And I can tell everybody how insecure I am if I want! Or I can be pretty and pretend to think I'm a hag out of fake modesty –- I can do that if I want, too. Because you, Livingston, are not the boss of me ...

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

So she did not replay, but played the strategist. She retained more power by withholding an answer.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Matthew had called her harmless. Harmless. And being with him made Frankie feel squashed into a box - a box where she was expected to be sweet and sensitive (but not oversensitive); a box for young and pretty girls who were not as bright or as powerf...

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them," said Mr. Sutton. "You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the rest you keep under wraps.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks