#granny whittacker

[quietflorilegium]

“You are being generous,” she said to Granny, out of her new embarrassed rawness. “Arranging to keep me, I mean.” “No, I’m not,” Granny retorted. “Being generous is giving something that’s hard to give.”

Diana Wynne Jones, "Fire and Hemlock"

[quietflorilegium]

“Take care,” she said. “And if a book set you off, a book may help again when you’ve fetched it out of you. Try it.”

Diana Wynne Jones, "Fire and Hemlock"