The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)

by Alan Bradley

But you and I know, don’t we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?”

Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven. It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.”