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.
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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…
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One moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly grey and dark.
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It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.
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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…
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It's impossible to stall a Lizzie.
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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…
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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…
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Please come back soon. The window is always open.
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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.…
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If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot.
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Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.
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Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.
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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…
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It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or…
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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…
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There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will
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A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb.
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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.…
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Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it
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