"Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the……" — Frances Hardinge
"Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black legs and drove you mad, wicked mad."
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42 Quotes by Frances Hardinge
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True stories seldom have endings. I don't want a happy ending, I want more story.
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If you want someone to tell you what to think..." "You will never be short of people willing to do…
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Where is your sense of patriotism?" I keep it hid away safe, along with my sense of trust, Mr. Clent.…
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The world is like a broken wrist that healed the wrong way, and will never be the same again.
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Oh, painted smirk of a hopeless dawn, the girl is still wearing her breeches...
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I want my chirfugging goose back!
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You, sir, are a romantic, and I'm afraid the condition is incurable. -Eponymous Clent
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I am anything I wish to be. The world cannot choose for me. No, it is for me to choose…
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