“It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.” Elizabeth Wein book Code Name Verity Source: Code Name Verity Love
“Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.” Elizabeth Wein book Code Name Verity Source: Code Name Verity Time
“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 book Code Name Verity Source: Code Name Verity Feeling , Heart , Dead
“It's an illusion I've noticed before-- words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It only lasts while the words are in your head. After you put down the paper or pen, the pistons fall lifeless again.” Elizabeth Wein book Rose Under Fire Source: Rose Under Fire
“But I've never despised myself so much as I did that day - she was so small and - so fierce, so, it was like breaking a hawk's wings, stopping up a clear spring with bricks - digging up roses to make space to park your tank. Pointless and ugly.” Elizabeth Wein book Code Name Verity Source: Code Name Verity Spring