Summer Paris

“The quick, sudden terror of exploding bombs is not the same as the never-ending, bone-sapping fear of discovery and capture. It never goes away. There isn’t ever any relief, never the possibility of an ‘All Clear’ siren. You always feel a little bit sick inside, knowing the worst might happen at any moment.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“I don't recognise any of my emotions any more. There's no such thing as plain joy or grief. It's horror and relief and panic and gratitude all jumbled together.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“But I've never despised myself so much as I did that day - she was so small and - so fierce, so beautiful, 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, Code Name Verity

“She was never so petty. She did not dabble with minnows at the surface when there were thirty-pound salmon swimming deeper down.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity