Elizabeth Wein Quotes

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.

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?

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.

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

Looking up at the stars and smoking in silence.

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

How do you ever hold on to anybody?

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.

If you're scared, do something.