Elizabeth Wein Quotes

That is a terrifically intimate thing, you know? Letting a stranger light your cigarette. Leaning forward so he can hold a flame to your lips. Pausing to breathe in before you pull back again.

I ken who you are! You're Strathfearn's granddaughter. Julie Stuart, is it? Och, aye, Lady Julia! Well then, Lady Julia, tell me -- who don't you deserve a glass of water?

Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.

Inspector Milne's suspicious prying appeared to have awakened her inner Bolshevik, and so I discovered my own lady mother is not above quietly circumventing the law.

I love the story of a thing. I love a thing for what it means a thousand times more than for what it's worth.

The wave of memory had submerged me for a whole minute, while I'd just sat staring and let it all come flooding back.

If you're scared, do something.

How do you ever hold on to anybody?

Looking up at the stars and smoking in silence.