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Elizabeth Wein quotes: Things became more civilized all of a sudden. Coffee does that. Or maybe it is women who do that.

Things became more civilized all of a sudden. Coffee does that. Or maybe it is women who do that.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Black Dove, let's write. Let's work on a story. Let's work on Glassland.""Make me a prisoner in the Fortress of Clarity.""Got to rescue you.

Black Dove, let's write. Let's work on a story. Let's work on Glassland."
"Make me a prisoner in the Fortress of Clarity."
"Got to rescue you.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.

Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: There's glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will

There's glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will

Elizabeth Wein quotes: 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 sensational team.

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 sensational team.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: These trials aren't about revenge. They're about justice. Don't you want justice, Rose Justice?

These trials aren't about revenge. They're about justice. Don't you want justice, Rose Justice?

Elizabeth Wein quotes: You know, it set you at war with yourself.

You know, it set you at war with yourself.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: The anticipation of what they will do to you is every bit as sickening in a dream as when it is really going to happen.

The anticipation of what they will do to you is every bit as sickening in a dream as when it is really going to happen.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: I have nothing to lose. I am going to dare it. I will aim for the sun.

I have nothing to lose. I am going to dare it. I will aim for the sun.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Fight with realistichope, not to destroyall the world's wrong,but to renew its good.

Fight with realistic
hope, not to destroy
all the world's wrong,
but to renew its good.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Spiderwebs joined together can catch a lion.

Spiderwebs joined together can catch a lion.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: In trust and wisdom you can be as far superior to anyone as you dare make yourself.

In trust and wisdom you can be as far superior to anyone as you dare make yourself.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: I, of course, took the opportunity to interpose with pigheaded Wallace pride, 'I am not English, you ignorant Jerry bastard, I am a SCOT.

I, of course, took the opportunity to interpose with pigheaded Wallace pride, 'I am not English, you ignorant Jerry bastard, I am a SCOT.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!

KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Follow them," said Goewin, "and listen."So he did.

Follow them," said Goewin, "and listen."

So he did.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: The fuss made over the chickens at the checkpoints is not to be believed. Unlike me they had their own papers.

The fuss made over the chickens at the checkpoints is not to be believed. Unlike me they had their own papers.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it

Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Sometimes I feel as if the only thing I can do is write. It helps me think.

Sometimes I feel as if the only thing I can do is write. It helps me think.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Careless talk costs lives.

Careless talk costs lives.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: We make a sensational team.

We make a sensational team.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: If I am very lucky - I mean if I am clever about it - I will get myself shot. Here, soon.

If I am very lucky - I mean if I am clever about it - I will get myself shot. Here, soon.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: the Cup That Cheers

the Cup That Cheers

Elizabeth Wein quotes: But she did it. Because you do. It is incredible what you do, knowing you have to. A

But she did it. Because you do. It is incredible what you do, knowing you have to. A

Elizabeth Wein quotes: I am like a ruined piece of parchment scrawled over and over again with your name, so many times it has become illegible.

I am like a ruined piece of parchment scrawled over and over again with your name, so many times it has become illegible.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Don't you think it makes them stronger when you give them someone to despise?

Don't you think it makes them stronger when you give them someone to despise?

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Stars poked through like holes in the cloth of the sky and shed no light on anything.

Stars poked through like holes in the cloth of the sky and shed no light on anything.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Taran. We go down fighting.

Taran. We go down fighting.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot.

If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others.

There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Oh Julie, wouldn't I know if you were dead? Wouldn't I feel it happening, like a jolt of electricity to my heart?

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 quotes: A woman did that.

A woman did that.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: FLY THE PLANE, MADDIE.

FLY THE PLANE, MADDIE.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: (I really would like to catapult myself back there in time and kick my own teeth in.)

(I really would like to catapult myself back there in time and kick my own teeth in.)

Elizabeth Wein quotes: It is so hard trying to say what you mean.

It is so hard trying to say what you mean.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: She has the filthiest tongue of any woman in France. Burn her mouth clean.

She has the filthiest tongue of any woman in France. Burn her mouth clean.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: 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 truth.

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 truth.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Maddie quickly pulled down the blackout curtains over her bright and vulnerable soul.

Maddie quickly pulled down the blackout curtains over her bright and vulnerable soul.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Equality comes in different forms, and it is a lot harder being a girl in Ethiopia than it was in Pennsylvania.

Equality comes in different forms, and it is a lot harder being a girl in Ethiopia than it was in Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.

It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: She was never so petty. She did not dabble with minnows at the surface when there were thirty-pound salmon swimming deeper down.

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 quotes: One moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly grey and dark.

One moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly grey and dark.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: There is no end," I said. "Only the beginning of something else.

There is no end," I said. "Only the beginning of something else.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: You can't just sit in a corner weeping or you'll die.

You can't just sit in a corner weeping or you'll die.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do.

Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: So, I have no sense of direction. In some of us it is a TRAGIC FLAW, and

So, I have no sense of direction. In some of us it is a TRAGIC FLAW, and

Elizabeth Wein quotes: It's impossible to stall a Lizzie.

It's impossible to stall a Lizzie.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: More than anything else, I think, Maddie went to war on behalf of the Holy Island seals.

More than anything else, I think, Maddie went to war on behalf of the Holy Island seals.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Bloody Machiavellian English Intelligence Officer playing God

Bloody Machiavellian English Intelligence Officer playing God

Elizabeth Wein quotes: A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb.

A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If you're scared, do something.

If you're scared, do something.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Hope is treacherous, but how can you live without it?

Hope is treacherous, but how can you live without it?

Elizabeth Wein quotes: High time they put the RAF in kilts.

High time they put the RAF in kilts.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: I mean, we are all in it together. None of us is innocent; none of us is alone.""You were both.

I mean, we are all in it together. None of us is innocent; none of us is alone."

"You were both.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: We are a sensational team

We are a sensational team

Elizabeth Wein quotes: God knows what I thought! Your brain does amazing acrobatics when it doesn't want to believe something.

God knows what I thought! Your brain does amazing acrobatics when it doesn't want to believe something.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Unless you were doing them a favor by killing them. Then, you'd let them down if you didn't, if you couldn't make yourself.

Unless you were doing them a favor by killing them. Then, you'd let them down if you didn't, if you couldn't make yourself.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Please come back soon. The window is always open.

Please come back soon. The window is always open.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Where I fail in accuracy, I hope I make up for it in plausibility.

Where I fail in accuracy, I hope I make up for it in plausibility.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on.

Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Julie would have died there.

Julie would have died there.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Don't you ever do that to me.""You know you'll never make as much of a fool of yourself as Horatio Augustus. So I won't have to.

Don't you ever do that to me."
"You know you'll never make as much of a fool of yourself as Horatio Augustus. So I won't have to.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: A poet and a doctor. Maybe I could.This the first thought I have of it. Maybe I could.

A poet and a doctor. Maybe I could.
This the first thought I have of it. Maybe I could.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: A whore, we've established that, filthy, it goes without saying, but whatever else the hell I am, I AM NOT ENGLISH.

A whore, we've established that, filthy, it goes without saying, but whatever else the hell I am, I AM NOT ENGLISH.

Elizabeth Wein quotes: Godless as I am, I pray she's got away with it. It's like ripples in a pond, isn't it? It doesn't stop in one place.

Godless as I am, I pray she's got away with it. It's like ripples in a pond, isn't it? It doesn't stop in one place.