Frances Hardinge Quotes - Page 2

• 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 it is what they want.

  Frances Hardinge

  Want, Faces, Sometimes

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• 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 a sharpened point and creates moments of true brilliance. And standing there, nose tickled by the dusty hide of the stuffed deer head, such a moment visited Mosca Mye.

  Frances Hardinge

  Kindness, Soul, Humanity

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• Mosca and Saracen shared, if not a friendship, at least the solidarity of the generally despised. Mosca assumed that Saracen had his reasons for his persecution of terriers and his possessive love of the malthouse roof. In turn, when Mosca had interrupted Saracen’s self-important nightly patrol and scooped him up, Saracen had assumed that she too had her reasons.

  Frances Hardinge

  Self, Important, Reason

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

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• Well, you will have to do. If you had died along with your mother, I would have taught the cat to read.

  Frances Hardinge

  Mother, Cat, Taught

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.3, Pan Macmillan

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• Revenge is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle.

  Frances Hardinge

  Revenge, Distance, Dishes

  "Twilight Robbery". Book by Frances Hardinge, 2011.

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• True stories seldom have endings. I don't want a happy ending, I want more story.

  Frances Hardinge

  Stories, Want, Happy Endings

  "Fly by Night". Book by Frances Hardinge, October 7, 2005.

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• Perhaps illnesses could be left behind, just like small, badly concealed china corpses.

  Frances Hardinge

  Illness, China, Left Behind

  Frances Hardinge (2014). “Cuckoo Song”, p.25, Pan Macmillan

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• 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.

  Frances Hardinge

  Poison, Hints, Peaches

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Twilight Robbery”, p.109, Pan Macmillan

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• Every time I do what you say I tumble a bit farther down this well of darkness, an' this here is a drop too deep an' too dark for me. I have to stop falling while I can still see a bit of the sky.

  Frances Hardinge

  Fall, Dark, Sky

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• 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 and passing the sugar.

  Frances Hardinge

  Feet, Secret, Nests

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.347, Pan Macmillan

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• Where is your sense of patriotism?" I keep it hid away safe, along with my sense of trust, Mr. Clent. I don't use 'em much in case they get scratched.

  Frances Hardinge

  Ems, Use, Safe

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.207, Pan Macmillan

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• 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 for treason, ordered the creation of a new carp pool and banned limericks. Worse still, no progress had been made in tracking down the Kleptomancer, and of the two people believed to be his accomplices, both had been released from prison and one had been appointed food taster. Right-Eye was not amused. He had known for centuries that he could trust nobody but himself. Now he was seriously starting to wonder about himself.

  Frances Hardinge

  Sleep, Eye, Two

  Frances Hardinge (2012). “A Face Like Glass”, p.109, Pan Macmillan

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• 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 and creased. Then, for the first time that Neverfell could remember, he changed to a Face she had never seen before, a frown more ferocious and alarming than either of the others. ‘Who the shambles told you that?’ he barked. ‘Spoilt? I’ll spoil them.’ He took hold of her chin and examined her. ‘A bit sadder, maybe. A bit wiser. But nothing rotten. You’re just growing yourself a rind at last. Still a good cheese.

  Frances Hardinge

  Rotten, Answers, Growing

  Frances Hardinge (2012). “A Face Like Glass”, p.307, Pan Macmillan

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• It was hopeless. She was flawless. She was a sunbeam. Mosca gave up and got on with hating her.

  Frances Hardinge

  Hate, Flawless, Hopeless

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Twilight Robbery”, p.57, Pan Macmillan

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• 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 to think it.

  Frances Hardinge

  Thinking, Want, Unthinkable

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• I want my chirfugging goose back!

  Frances Hardinge

  Want, Geese

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.179, Pan Macmillan

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• 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 story.

  Frances Hardinge

  Book, Stories, Want

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• It did seem hard to be doing something heroic while everyone was too busy to notice.

  Frances Hardinge

  Heroic, Busy, Seems

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