Andy

“Im not broken! she continued, her brow
creased with
frustration. Im not mad! I'm just not stupid like everyone else!! stopped going into the sea so it couldn't kill me!”
― Frances Hardinge (Author)

“Trust was like mould. It accumulated over time in unattended places... Over the years, Makepeace had become encrusted with other people's inattentive trust.”
― Frances Hardinge, A Skinful of Shadows

“Mistress Gotely!" she shouted, her voice echoing blasphemously throughout the chapel. "Beth! Alys! Help me!" They would not come to her aid, she knew that. She was alone. But the other servants might hear her, and it would mean something to be remembered. She wanted them to know that she had not gone willingly or quietly. If they remembered that, she would still be something, if only a scar on their memories, a pang of guilt they tried to ignore.”
― Frances Hardinge, A Skinful of Shadows

“Habits, places and faces grew into you over time, like tree roots burrowing into stone work.”
― Frances Hardinge, A Skinful of Shadows