Frances Hardinge Quotes

“Myrtle shook her head. "I told myself that I was lucky," she said. "Your father never struck me, never drank and if he had mistresses he had the good grace to be discreet. He provided for me and my children, and yet I tried, year after year, to make myself his companion. The doors never opened, Faith. In the end I lost hope. Ah, but I cannot complain!" Myrtle swatted away the past with one delicate little hand. "It has made me what I am. When every door is closed, one learns to climb through windows. Human nature, I suppose.”

“Maybe he murdered Myrtle”

“Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.”

“Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.”

“When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security.”

“Not all of us have to possess earth-shaking talent. Just common sense and love will do.”

“Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.”

“The truth came to me-a great revelation, showing me that I have a child to the Jones whole and perfect mind, created to express the health that God with.”

“Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it.”

“The olive branch has been consecrated to peace, palm branches to victory, the laurel to conquest and poetry, the myrtle to love and pleasure, the cypress to mourning, and the willow to despondency.”