History Quote by Frances Hardinge

“But then she often felt like this lately. The world seemed full of transparent frauds that only she could see through. She was forever…

— Jude Morgan

“Even then, only a child, she knew she had to pretend to be someone else -- for her parents, for their customers, for everyone…

— Leslie Parry

“There was something enthralling about her that I could not exactly identify.”

— Felipe Nas

“But there was something strange about her that made me think she was "somebody." I don't mean her poise, the cool manner in which…

— Anne Rice

“She looked up at me with a look that told me everything, gave me a glimpse of everything I would be missing in one…

— Abby Slovin

“And then it was all happening, what had started to happen at least twice before. Feelings so sweet and strong she could hardly bear…

— L.J. Smith

“And she would continue to say to those who would still listen that it was a classic case of betrayal (You can never tell…

— Martha Ronk

“Little did she know then, a stolen moment, a sweatshirt, many bottle caps, and few layers peeled back later, her life would never be…

— Gail McHugh

“He could never get used to her, she was fresh every time, she was a casketful of secrets. Any moment now she would open…

— Margaret Atwood

“She was furious that I had seen her true form, horrified and embarrassed that I had stripped her disguise away and seen the creature…

— Jim Butcher

“It was a terror of the strange, of what was mysterious and unknown in her new world. And to think that all of it…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“I had no idea that my world was about to change because of her. Thus it is that major, climactic moments come and pass…

— Bhaskar Ghose