Lightning Strikes the Silence Quotes

“Honestly, she’s a British subject—the grandmother, I mean. It’s ages after the war. There’s no excuse for it. There was never any excuse for it. Not that we were any better. Masses of British citizens were shipped out of England under a similar ‘Enemy Aliens’ sort of act. Absolutely blameless people, Jews and second- and third-generation Germans waking up in Australia wondering what happened. It’s rather a shame to arrive in Canada and find the same sort of thing going on.”
― Iona Whishaw, Lightning Strikes the Silence: A Lane Winslow Mystery

“He was such a charming boy. Lady Imelda supposed they were the worst kind. Charm without much in the way of brains or morals. The world was full of people like that.”
― Iona Whishaw, Lightning Strikes the Silence: A Lane Winslow Mystery

“April stood in the middle of the park wondering why being a good Christian should speed up the work of the police.”
― Iona Whishaw, Lightning Strikes the Silence: A Lane Winslow Mystery

“Interned. I still can’t get over that word being associated with this country. That’s the sort of word you expect in a Soviet Union, or a Nazi Germany. Not in this peaceful, lovely place,” Lane said. “What’s shocking is that it can happen so quickly, and the majority of people can be so completely convinced that it is the right thing to do.”
― Iona Whishaw, Lightning Strikes the Silence: A Lane Winslow Mystery