Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. — Elizabeth Wein Balloons Copy Share Image
Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on. — Elizabeth Wein Hope Copy Share Image
“I love the story of a thing. I love a thing for what it means a thousand times more than for what… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“Which would you rather have––an unlimited supply of Chanel No. 5, or freedom?” — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it — Elizabeth Wein Cry Copy Share Image
“A whore, we've established that, filthy, it goes without saying, but whatever else the hell I am, I AM NOT ENGLISH.” — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“These trials aren't about revenge. They're about justice. Don't you want justice , Rose Justice?” — Elizabeth Wein Historical Copy Share Image
Hope is the most treacherous thing in the world. It lifts you and lets you plummet. But as long as you're being… — Elizabeth Wein Hope Copy Share Image
“But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without something buoying them up.” — Elizabeth Wein Achievement Copy Share Image
“That is a terrifically intimate thing, you know? Letting a stranger light your cigarette. Leaning forward so he can hold a flame… — Elizabeth Wein Breathing Copy Share Image
“She was never so petty. She did not dabble with minnows at the surface when there were thirty-pound salmon swimming deeper down.” — Elizabeth Wein Heart Copy Share Image
“And you know, it was like I was breathing my own self back into me to say these word,s to remember that… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can't believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive… — Elizabeth Wein Getting old Copy Share Image
“I don't recognise any of my emotions any more. There's no such thing as plain joy or grief. It's horror and relief… — Elizabeth Wein Emotions Copy Share Image
But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up. — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“...it never occurred to him that now he was looking at his master, at the one person in all the world who… — Elizabeth Wein Hatred Copy Share Image
“The quick, sudden terror of exploding bombs is not the same as the never-ending, bone-sapping fear of discovery and capture. It never… — Elizabeth Wein Bombs Copy Share Image
“It’s awful, telling it like this, isn’t it? As though we didn’t know the ending. As though it could have another ending.… — Elizabeth Wein Death Copy Share Image
The very term "turning pages" suggests nonstop action. But I am all about character and beautiful writing. I eat that up like… — Elizabeth Wein Action Copy Share Image
“But I've never despised myself so much as I did that day - she was so small and - so fierce, so… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
Look at me!’ I screeched. ‘Look at me, Amadeus von Linden, you sadistic hypocrite, and watch this time! You’re not questioning me… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“And this, even more wonderful and mysterious, is also true: when I read it, when I read what Julie's written, she is… — Elizabeth Wein Foul language Copy Share Image
“It’s not desperation—there is something inhuman in it. That is what I find so creepy. Five years of destruction and mayhem, lives… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
Oh Julie, wouldn’t I know if you were dead? Wouldn’t I feel it happening, like a jolt of electricity to my heart? — Elizabeth Wein Electricity Copy Share Image
Maddie took the top of her egg off. The hot bright yolk was like summer sun breaking through cloud. The first daffodil… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“She gave a low and delighted chuckle. Her eyes were black as a moonless December night and reflected the electric lights like… — Elizabeth Wein Affection Copy Share Image
“I am scared of the way they are clinging to the French and Belgian ports, even though they’ve been pushed out of… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“I ken who you are! You're Strathfearn's granddaughter. Julie Stuart, is it? Och, aye, Lady Julia! Well then, Lady Julia, tell me… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
Five years of destruction and mayhem, lives lost everywhere, shortages of food and fuel and clothing - and the insane mind behind… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“She gave me a dirty look. Then she broke into the bubbly champagne laugh. She turned and ran, limping but steady. She… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“Maddie held her lightly, thinking she would let go when her friend stopped crying. But she cried for so long that Maddie… — Elizabeth Wein Friendship Copy Share Image
There is only one reason I did not go down in flames over the Angers, and that is because I knew I… — Elizabeth Wein Fire Copy Share Image
I think that what I do is a form of pathetic fallacy, the literary trope in which nature is in sympathy with… — Elizabeth Wein Character Copy Share Image
“It's like being raised by wolves -- you don't realize you're not one yourself until someone points it out to you. Sometimes… — Elizabeth Wein Bisexual-characters Copy Share Image
She whispered, 'C'etait la Verite?' Was that Verity? Or perhaps she just meant, Was that the truth? Was it true? Did any… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“It was wonderful flirting with him, all the razor-edged literary banter, like Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. A battle… — Elizabeth Wein Banter Copy Share Image
“...unless you were doing them a favor by killing them. Then, you'd let them down if you didn't , if you couldn't… — Elizabeth Wein Fears Copy Share Image
How did you ever get here, Maddie Brodatt?" "'Second to the right, and then straight on till morning,'" she answered promptly-it did… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“I had been in France less than 48 hours before that obliging agent of yours had to stop me being run over… — Elizabeth Wein Crossing the street Copy Share Image
