“Bloody Machiavellian English Intelligence Officer playing God” — Elizabeth Wein Playing god Copy Share Image
God knows what I thought! Your brain does amazing acrobatics when it doesn't want to believe something. — Elizabeth Wein Acrobatics Copy Share Image
“It makes you very uncomfortable to realize that your emotional attachment to something is an indulgence.” — Elizabeth Wein Indulgence Copy Share Image
“It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.” — Elizabeth Wein Change life Copy Share Image
“Se parece a enamorarse, saber que acabas de encontrar a tu mejor amiga.” — Elizabeth Wein Amor Copy Share Image
Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution. — Elizabeth Wein Arcane 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
“Maddie quickly pulled down the blackout curtains over her bright and vulnerable soul.” — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
Fight with realistic hope, not to destroy all the world's wrong, but to renew its good. — Elizabeth Wein Fight 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
It's an illusion I've noticed before-- words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It only… — Elizabeth Wein Fall 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 Green trees 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 Gratitude 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
“...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
“Jamie let go of me. "Shut your mucky gob, man." He stepped close to our fearless leader in the dark, took hold… — Elizabeth Wein Dangerously Scots 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
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 Agents 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 Five years Copy Share Image
“A poet and a doctor. Maybe I could. This the first thought I have of it. Maybe I could.” — Elizabeth Wein Medicine Copy Share Image
There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will — Elizabeth Wein Chosen Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is not enough—I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone.” — Elizabeth Wein Anger Copy Share Image
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
Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it — Elizabeth Wein Cry Copy Share Image
“Which would you rather have––an unlimited supply of Chanel No. 5, or freedom?” — Elizabeth Wein Chanel Copy Share Image
Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do. — Elizabeth Wein Kept 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 Filthy 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
“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
Maddie took the top of her egg off. The hot bright yolk was like summer sun breaking through cloud. The first daffodil… — Elizabeth Wein Clouds 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 Scared Copy Share Image
