Elizabeth Wein Quotes
Elizabeth Wein Quotes
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 idea what I 'wanted' and so I was chosen, not choosing. There's glory and honor in being chosen. But not much room for free will.
1723 Oh Julie, wouldn’t I know if you were dead? Wouldn’t I feel it happening, like a jolt of electricity to my heart?
4683 I'M SCOTTISH!
2261 The quick, sudden terror of exploding bombs is not the same as the never-ending, bone-sapping fear of discovery and capture. It never goes away. There isn’t ever any relief, never the possibility of an ‘All Clear’ siren. You always feel a little bit sick inside, knowing the worst might happen at any moment.
4111 Taran. We go down fighting.
3297 You know, it set you at war with yourself.
2659 Julie would have died there.
3388 There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will
2217 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.
3965 Queenie, herself again, took hold of Maddie’s hand and squeezed it tightly. She walked all the way back across the airfield without letting it go. Maddie closed her eyes and flew again in the ethereal pale green light. She knew she would never let it go.
4741 It was wonderful flirting with him, all the razor-edged literary banter, like Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. A battle of wit, and a test, too.
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