Madi > Madi's Quotes

“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
― John Holmes

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Everything has a finsh line. You just have to keep moving forward until you cross it.”
― Lillielyse Monsel

“KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“Careless talk costs lives.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“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, Code Name Verity

“One moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly grey and dark.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“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, Rose Under Fire

“The anticipation of what they will do to you is every bit as sickening in a dream as when it is really going to happen.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“Look at me!’ I screeched. ‘Look at me, Amadeus von Linden, you sadistic hypocrite, and watch this time! You’re not questioning me now, this isn’t your work, I’m not an enemy agent spewing wireless code! I’m just a minging Scots slag screaming insults at your daughter! So enjoy yourself and watch! Think of Isolde! Think of Isolde and watch!”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without something buoying them up.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire

“If I am very lucky - I mean if I am clever about it - I will get myself shot. Here, soon.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“She whispered, 'C'etait la Verite?' Was that Verity? Or perhaps she just meant, Was that the truth? Was it true? Did any of it really happen? Were the last three hours real? 'Yes,' I whispered back. 'Oui. C'etait la verite.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“Von Linden really should know me well enough by now to realise that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“Mary Queen of Scots had a little dog, a Skye terrier, that was devoted to her. Moments after Mary was beheaded, the people who were watching saw her skirts moving about and they thought her headless body was trying to get itself to its feet. But the movement turned out to be her dog, which she had carried to the block with her, hidden in her skirts. Mary Stuart is supposed to have faced her execution with grace and courage (she wore a scarlet chemise to suggest she was being martyred), but I don’t think she could have been so brave if she had not secretly been holding tight to her Skye terrier, feeling his warm, silky fur against her trembling skin.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“Bloody Machiavellian English Intelligence Officer playing God”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“She has the filthiest tongue of any woman in France. Burn her mouth clean.”
― Elizabeth Wein

“If you're scared, do something.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“It’s like being in love, discovering your best friend.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“...unless you were doing them a favor by killing them. Then, you'd let them down if you didn't, if you couldn't make yourself.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“More than anything else, I think, Maddie went to war on behalf of the Holy Island seals.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity