Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls Quotes

“And I remember you saying that it's important to stand by your friends. I've thought about that a lot - and also about the meaning of family. You claim you're going to be friends with these girls forever, and maybe you will be. What matters is that they're important to you here and now. That's essential in wartime. It's what gets us through the dark times. It's taken me a long time to see it, Alison, but these friends of yours are your wartime family”
― Maisie Thomas, Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls

“Ballrooms, dance halls and cinemas enabled everyone to step into another existence, leaving the world of wartime behind for the time being”
― Maisie Thomas, Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls

“After growing up without parents, it was wonderful to feel she now had a mother and father. Some people said you couldn't miss what you'd never had, but it wasn't true. As a child, Joan had always longed for the love that could only come from parents”
― Maisie Thomas, Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls

“Be friends with one another - regardless of age or background or anything else that would normally come between you. You'll be women in a man's world and some of the men, I regret to say, aren't keen on your being here. If you can turn to one another for support, it will help you all”
― Maisie Thomas, Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls