Frances Hardinge Quotes

Zeal was like gas, most dangerous when you could not see it. The wrong spark could light it at any time.

So what do you wants?" asked Myrtle."I want to help evolution."Evolution did not fill Faith with the same horror her father had felt. Why should she weep to hear that nothing was set in stone? Everything could change. Everything could get better. Everything was getting better, inch by inch, so slowly that she could not see it, but knowing it gave her strength.

People were animals, and animals were nothing but teeth. You bit first, and you bit often, That was the only way to survive.

My mother is not evil, Faith reminded herself. She is just a perfectly sensible snake, protecting her eggs and making her way in the world as best she can.