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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.”

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Frances Hardinge

Frances Hardinge is a British author born in 1973. She is known for her works in fantasy literature, which have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.”

Source: Open Heart

“Most humbling of all is to comprehend the lifesaving gift that your pit crew of people has been for you, and all the experiences you have shared, the journeys together, the collaborations, births and deaths, divorces, rehab, and vacations, the solidarity you have shown one another. Every so often you realize that without all of them, your life would be barren and pathetic. It would be Death of a Salesman, though with e-mail and texting.”

“Words were dangerous when loosed. They were more powerful than cannon and more unpredictable than storms. They could turn men’s heads inside out and warp their destinies. They could pick up kingdoms and shake them until they rattled.”

Men Turns Powerful Destiny Dangerous Picks Storm Kingdoms Shakes Unpredictable Cannons Warp

Book:Fly By Night

Source: Fly By Night

“My dear fellow," he continued more soberly, "If you have managed to complicate things by forming a sentimental attachment in less than a week, then I doubt there is anything I can do for you. You, sir, are a romantic, and I suspect your condition is incurable.”

Ifs I Can Can Do Doubt Week Conditions Fellows Dear Attachment Suspects Sentimental

Author:Frances Hardinge

“The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I could write the word love a thousand times and it would mean a thousand different things to different readers.”

Feels Writing Mean Different Example Reader Thousand Weapons Different Things Flawed Words Love Overused

Book:The Storyteller

Source: The Storyteller

“Nobody, who looks at a shard of flint lying beneath a rock ledge, or who finds a splintered log by the side of the road would ever find magic in their solitude. But in the right circumstances, if you bring them together, you can start a fire that consumes the world.”

Ifs World Looks Together Lying Sides Fire Magic Rocks Circumstances Solitude Ledges

Book:The Storyteller

Source: The Storyteller

“The only person who suffers, when you squirrel alway all that hate, is you.”

Persons Suffering Hate Squirrels

Author:Jodi Picoult

“It does'nt matter who forgives you, if you're the one who can't forget.”

Ifs Doe Matter Forget Forgiving

Author:Jodi Picoult

“Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to.”

Needs Sometimes Stories Lying Secret Fiction Shapes Size

Book:The Storyteller

Source: The Storyteller

“So often, the discarded love of youth is desperately yearned for in maturity.”

Youth Maturity Yearning Discarded

Author:Wayne Gerard Trotman

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