"So this was a nest of radicals. She thought a hotbed of sedition would involve more gunpowder and secret handshakes, and less shuffling of feet and passing the sugar."

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Frances Hardinge

#Feet Quotes #Secret Quotes #Gunpowder Quotes

“Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.”
“God is what keeps us together after the love is gone.”
“The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of patriarchy just as men can support the fight for gender equality.”
“An intelligent couple can read their Darwin and know that the ultimate reason for their sexual urges is procreation. They know that the woman cannot conceive because she is on the pill. Yet they find that their sexual desire is in no way diminished by the knowledge. Sexual desire is sexual desire and its force, in an individual's psychology, is independent of the ultimate Darwinian pressure that drove it. It is a strong urge which exists independently of its ultimate rationale.”
“If someone didn't believe in me that would kind of be a compliment in a way.”
“Bloody Hammer is a screw capitalism song about college kids banging hammers on top of the roof.”
“Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.”
“She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her she should be.”

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