“It's very modern. Very gamine. You look like a jazz singer.” — Elizabeth Wein Aesthetics Copy Share Image
It's like being in love, discovering your best friend. — Elizabeth Wein Being in love 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
And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don't suppose… — Elizabeth Wein Chosen Copy Share Image
It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code,… — Elizabeth Wein Code Copy Share Image
Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without… — Elizabeth Wein Dignity Copy Share Image
“Mary Queen of Scots had a little dog, a Skye terrier, that was devoted to her. Moments after Mary was beheaded, the… — Elizabeth Wein Brave Copy Share Image
“The fuss made over the chickens at the checkpoints is not to be believed. Unlike me they had their own papers.” — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“But more often than not the missing face has been sucked into the engines of the Nazi death machine, like an unlucky… — Elizabeth Wein Death Copy Share Image
“How does she do it? She makes it sound like she is so cut up to be giving them this information, and… — Elizabeth Wein Discovery Copy Share Image
“What’s strange about the whole thing is that although it’s riddled with nonsense, altogether it’s true – Julie’s told our story, mine… — Elizabeth Wein Foul language Copy Share Image
“Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.” — Elizabeth Wein Bisexual-character Copy Share Image
“Her own hair was a glory of copper fire that morning, shining like a whisky still, long and loose in gentle flames… — Elizabeth Wein Bisexual-characters 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 A-thousand-times Copy Share Image
“The anticipation of what they will do to you is every bit as sickening in a dream as when it is really… — Elizabeth Wein Dreams Copy Share Image
“I am in the Special Operations Executive because I can speak French and German and am good at making up stories, and… — Elizabeth Wein Special operations 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
“Queenie, herself again, took hold of Maddie’s hand and squeezed it tightly. She walked all the way back across the airfield without… — Elizabeth Wein Flying Copy Share Image
