Elizabeth Wein Quotes

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• 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.
• I felt like one who wants to trap and cage a little bird, and after years of waiting and luring and baiting finds that she…
• One moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly grey and dark.
• It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.
• But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the…
• It's impossible to stall a Lizzie.
• Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or…
• He just put his hand through the bulkhead, exactly as she'd done, and squeezed my shoulder. He has very strong fingers. And he kept his…
• Please come back soon. The window is always open.
• How did you ever get here, Maddie Brodatt?" "'Second to the right, and then straight on till morning,'" she answered promptly-it did feel like Neverland.…
• If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot.
• Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.
• Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.
• But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part…
• It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or…
• And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don't suppose I had any…
• There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will
• A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb.
• Maddie took the top of her egg off. The hot bright yolk was like summer sun breaking through cloud. The first daffodil in the snow.…
• Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it

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