“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 Books 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 Copy Share Image
“I, of course, took the opportunity to interpose with pigheaded Wallace pride, 'I am not English, you ignorant Jerry bastard, I am… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on. — Elizabeth Wein Hope Copy Share Image
“Which would you rather have––an unlimited supply of Chanel No. 5, or freedom?” — Elizabeth Wein Chanel 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
I tend not to attempt to describe pain. I don't feel I can comprehend or re-create the personal suffering of others, so… — Elizabeth Wein Helping 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 don't believe for a minute-that we wouldn't have become friends somehow-that an unexploded bomb wouldn't have gone off and blown us… — Elizabeth Wein Code-name-verity Copy Share Image
“Writing to you like this makes me feel that you are still alive. It’s an illusion I’ve noticed before—words on a page… — Elizabeth Wein Writing 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
Kiss me, Hardy!’ Weren’t those Nelson’s last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Don’t cry. We’re still alive and we make a… — Elizabeth Wein Alive Copy Share Image
“ She has the filthiest tongue of any woman in France. Burn her mouth clean. ” — Elizabeth Wein Code-name-verity 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
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 Achieve 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
“It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in… — Elizabeth Wein Historical Copy Share Image
He just put his hand through the bulkhead, exactly as she'd done, and squeezed my shoulder. He has very strong fingers. And… — Elizabeth Wein Done Copy Share Image
