Patricia Adrian > Quotes

“And in this starless night, next to this woman who is quietly falling apart, I promise something to myself. That I will forget all of my mother’s demands that I stay quiet, submit, and wait for the men to handle our problems. That I will forget how to be a nice girl and always do what I’m asked. That I will forget that being polite and not offending is more important than anything else in the world. The time for nice girls is gone.”
― Patricia Adrian, The Bletchley Women

“There’s a very special place where we send people who know German.’ I have no idea if he realises what he seemed to say, especially considering what has been happening to the British ‘aliens’ since last year, but the giddiness is like laughing gas and it has clouded my head. I almost – almost! – snigger.”
― Patricia Adrian, The Bletchley Women