“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.” SaidBookBlackBrainDangerousMadLegsWicked Book:Fly By Night Source: Fly By Night
“If you want someone to tell you what to think," the phantom answered briskly, without looking up, "you will never be short of people willing to do so." . . . "Come now," he said at last, "you can hardly claim that I have left you ignorant. I taught you to read, did I not?” PeopleIfsThinkingWantSaidLastsLeftTaughtWillingClaimsIgnorantPhantoms Author:Frances Hardinge
“I find it hard to believe that a lady like...’ Pertellis hesitated, and coughed. ‘There is something elevated in the female spirit that will always hold a woman back from the coldest and most vicious forms of villainy.’ ‘No, there isn’t,’ Miss Kitely said kindly but firmly, as she set a dish in his hand. ‘Drink your chocolate, Mr Pertellis.” BelieveSaidHardHandsFormSpiritMissingDrinkFemaleChocolateDishesViciousHard To BelieveVillainy Book:Fly By Night Source: Fly By Night
“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.” KnowsFirstsSaidStillsLastsRememberFacesBitsAnswersGrowingChangedFirst TimeExplanationCheeseWiserSpoilRottenChinsSpoiltShambles Book:A Face Like Glass Source: A Face Like Glass
“Mosca said nothing. The word ‘damsel’ rankled with her. She suddenly thought of the clawed girl from the night before, jumping the filch on an icy street. Much the same age and build as Beamabeth, and far more beleaguered. What made a girl a ‘damsel in distress’? Were they not allowed claws? Mosca had a hunch that if all damsels had claws they would spend a lot less time ‘in distress’.” IfsMadeSaidAgeNightGirlStreetsDistressJumpingClawsIcyHunchesDamsel In Distress Book:Twilight Robbery Source: Twilight Robbery
