The Lie Tree Quotes

“She had a murderer to find, and an island to frighten.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“She had never guessed at the doubts secretly quarrying their way into the heart of the rock. It was like learning that God had ceased to believe in Himself.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“Somehow the sting of guilt was always more acute when there was a risk that she might get caught.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“Самоуважението ѝ бе пострадало при челен блъсък с любовта - катактрофа, като цяло свършва само по един начин. Любовта не играе честно.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“the murderess of time.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“Uncle Miles was napping in his seat, blithely and easily as a puppy on a rug.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“Фейт не выдала своих эмоций. Она начинила Говарда ложью, словно маленького троянского коня, и вот его торжественно вели во вражеский лагерь.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“How does it feel, whispered Faith, to come back to your memories and find yourself missing and a dead person in your place?”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“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.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree

“It could be kindness. Faith felt hollow at the thought. She had needed kindness before, and has received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.”
― Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree