Best Frances Hardinge Quotes
- So this was a nest of radicals. She thought a hotbed of sedition would involve more gunpowder and secret handshakes, and less shuffling of feet… Feet
- We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human. Always Find
- Making a wish is like saying, 'I can't deal with anything, I give up, somebody bigger come along and solve it all instead. All
- My good lady,’ interrupted Clent, ‘are you telling me that he is not the Luck? That you have in some way obfuscated the chronology of… Beetle
- At one o’clock, the ever-logical Right-Eye Grand Steward woke up to discover that during his sleep his left-eyed counterpart had executed three of his advisors… Accomplices
- Yes, I know,’ she said in answer to the unasked, for there was no time for explanations. ‘Yes. My face is spoilt.’ Grandible’s jowl wobbled… Alarming
- Tea is the magic key to the vault where my brain is kept. Brain
- It was hopeless. She was flawless. She was a sunbeam. Mosca gave up and got on with hating her. Flawless
- That," he whispered, "is unthinkable." In Mosca’s experience, such statements generally meant that a thing was perfectly thinkable, but that the speaker did not want… Experience
- Mosca said nothing. The word ‘damsel’ rankled with her. She suddenly thought of the clawed girl from the night before, jumping the filch on an… Age
- You’re a peach full of poison, you know that?" Mosca snapped back, but could not quite keep a hint of admiration from her tone. Admiration
- Push something in someone’s face, and they will shove it away reflexively. Threaten to snatch it away from them, and sometimes they become convinced that… Become Convinced
- Desperation is a millstone. It wears away at the very soul, grinding away pity, kindness, humanity and courage. But sometimes it whets the mind to… Brilliance
- No." Mosca bit her lip and shook her head firmly. Books no longer seemed quite enough. I don’t want a happy ending, I want more… Bit
- Words were dangerous when loosed. They were more powerful than cannon and more unpredictable than storms. They could turn men’s heads inside out and warp… Cannon
- My dear fellow," he continued more soberly, "If you have managed to complicate things by forming a sentimental attachment in less than a week, then… Attachment
- It was all very well being told that she could do nothing to make things better. Neverfell did not have the kind of mind that… All