Elizabeth Wein Quotes

“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.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“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.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“If you're scared, do something.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“How do you ever hold on to anybody?”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“I seem to be good at asking for trouble.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“It's like being raised by wolves -- you don't realize you're not one yourself until someone points it out to you. Sometimes it makes me so mad that not everyone treats me just like another wolf.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“The wave of memory had submerged me for a whole minute, while I'd just sat staring and let it all come flooding back.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“Looking up at the stars and smoking in silence.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“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?”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

“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.”
― Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief