Quote by Frances Hardinge

“Mosca felt filled with panic. She was an arsonist, runaway, thief, spy and murderer’s accomplice, and here she was of her own free will…

— Frances Hardinge

“Until yesterday Mosca had been trapped between two rivers, desperate to get out before winter arrived. Toll had looked like her only means of…

— Frances Hardinge

“She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold…

— Markus Zusak

“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me,…

— Markus Zusak

“However, the crowds all the while maintained their mouse-tense hush, their air of urgency. Fear. There was a reek of it everywhere, Mosca realized,…

— Frances Hardinge

“Irrationally, Mosca felt she should have inherited her father’s intimate knowledge of Mandelion. His throwaway comments about the city should have magically meshed in…

— Frances Hardinge

“The three thieves looked around. As their eyes grew accustomed to the gloom, they received a general impression of armourality, with strong overtones of…

— Terry Pratchett

“Again Mosca felt she was up in the rafters, watching the mice. Little mouse, witless with fear. Running the wrong way. And here she…

— Frances Hardinge

“Thief, brigand, outlaw, scourge: Those were names he was familiar with, not hero. Yet for a moment, this wee lass could make him want…

— Monica McCarty

“...in an area such as this the possibility of violence for the sake of robbery or even mere amusement is always something to be…

— K.W. Jeter

“She can smell him now, a smudge of unwashed skin, poverty, extreme loneliness. She takes the can, still holding his hand, unrolling it, running…

— Patrick Ness

“There's no need to play the villain from the opera." "You'll endure my distasteful caresses but won't let me take your cloak? Seems a…

— Anna Campbell