Shirley Dickson > Quotes

“pastures”
― Shirley Dickson, Our Last Goodbye

“sister”
― Shirley Dickson, The Outcast Girls

“canteen walls: ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives.’ May”
― Shirley Dickson, Our Last Goodbye

“and that made life easier. You could lump people of certain”
― Shirley Dickson, Our Last Goodbye

“Sometimes you encountered someone for a purpose and when that reason was met, you might never see them again.”
― Shirley Dickson, Our Last Goodbye

“May hadn’t had an”
― Shirley Dickson, Our Last Goodbye

“it.”
― Shirley Dickson, The Orphan's Secret

“Ignore the children who don’t mix, and be happy with the ones who do. They’ll prove to be your friends and you’ll get”
― Shirley Dickson, The Lost Children

“By, that would terrify Jerry,’ a gruff voice said. Great guffaws bounced off the walls.”
― Shirley Dickson, The Orphan Sisters

“You didn't choose who you fell in love with but it was what you decided to do about it that counted”
― Shirley Dickson, The Orphan's Secret

“It was different for menfolk, Lily thought as she hung a line on hooks screwed into opposite walls of the kitchen. They worked hard but their shift finished when they came home and then they didn't lift a finger for the rest of the day”
― Shirley Dickson, The Orphan's Secret

“Didn't every generation strive to make life better? If they hadn't, mankind wouldn't have progressed from the Stone Age”
― Shirley Dickson, The Orphan's Secret

“It's one of the reasons I love you. You let me be me”
― Shirley Dickson, The Orphan's Secret

“If only there was another way leaders could wage war instead of involving people, who mostly wanted a simple life without struggle and to not have to kill their fellow man”
― Shirley Dickson, The Orphan's Secret