Frances Hardinge said this quote

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

~ Frances Hardinge

For a tiny instant Faith wondered whether it would benefit the doctor's investigation if he experienced a cliff fall first-hand.

~ Frances Hardinge

This is a battlefield, Faith! Women find themselves on battlefields, just as men do. We are given no weapons, and cannot be seen to fight. But fight we must, or perish.

~ Frances Hardinge

Faith had always told herself that she was not like other ladies. But neither, it seemed, were other ladies.

~ Frances Hardinge