Elizabeth Wein quotes

Hope is the most treacherous thing in the world. It lifts you and lets you plummet. But as long as you're being lifted you don't worry about plummeting. (Elizabeth Wein)
You can't just sit in a corner weeping or you'll die. View quote
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Five years of destruction and mayhem, lives lost everywhere, shortages of food and fuel and clothing - and the insane mind behind it just urges us all on and on to more destruction. And we all keep playing. View quote
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Oh Julie, wouldn't I know if you were dead? Wouldn't I feel it happening, like a jolt of electricity to my heart? View quote
Elizabeth Wein
Hope is treacherous, but how can you live without it? View quote
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Fight with realistic hope, not to destroy all the world's wrong, but to renew its good. View quote
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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. View quote
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It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or Resistance code -- just feminine code. View quote
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But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb. View quote
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Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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It is so hard trying to say what you mean. View quote
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Please come back soon. The window is always open. View quote
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A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb. View quote
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God knows what I thought! Your brain does amazing acrobatics when it doesn't want to believe something. View quote
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One moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly grey and dark. View quote
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Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it. View quote
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There's glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will. View quote
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There is only one reason I did not go down in flames over the Angers, and that is because I knew I had Julie in the back. Would never have had the presence of mind to put that fire out if I hadn't been trying to save her life. View quote
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Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution. (Elizabeth Wein)
She whispered, 'C'etait la Verite?' Was that Verity? Or perhaps she just meant, Was that the truth? Was it true? Did any of it really happen? Were the last three hours real? 'Yes,' I whispered back. 'Oui. C'etait la verite. View quote
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Von Linden really should know me well enough by now to realise that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity. View quote
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We make a sensational team. View quote
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It's like being in love, discovering your best friend. View quote
Elizabeth Wein