War Brides Quotes

“Oliver was beginning to think too many church rules got in the way of Christianity.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“The English understand the nuance of insult better than any other race”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“To be certain of something, he thought, even in the most horrible circumstances, was strangely comforting. Like being in quicksand and suddenly finding a rock under your feet. He offered up a silent prayer of thanks.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“dimmed”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“and she was the one for the job.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Smugglers”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“writing”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“monogrammed”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“have”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Also at Amazon, Nikki Sprinkle the marketing manager and Jessica Poore who deals with author relations deserve thanks”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“They’ve gone overboard with this VE thing,” said her colleague.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Surprising aptitude for it, though you wouldn’t think it to look at her, pretty little thing like that.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“The English understand the nuance of insult better than any other race.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“The two men and a woman who interviewed her had even asked how she thought women might best fit into the organization. Frances had said earnestly that in many ways they could be more useful than men, because women were chameleons; it was so easy to change how they looked by changing their clothes and hair. A girl could look anything between fifteen and fifty, pregnant, fat, thin, ugly, pretty, or sick, while men were harder to disguise. Also, in her experience, men usually assumed that women weren’t capable enough to do anything particularly important, so they were less likely to be conspicuous and get caught. And of course they could get round men without them noticing. Even Germans.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Let the men deal with business. It was all they were good for.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“cramped”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Laurent to the Jesuits and Granmere doted on him and the family looked after him. His”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“in contraband—silks and lace and brandy—from France. On the way home for tea”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“occupants, and forced the cabbies to drive to Trafalgar Square, where a number were subsequently arrested. “See”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“girl was as limp as a tea towel. All the useful tips Muriel had given Alice about how to make more of herself”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Evangeline’s future was dictated by social custom.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“When the bishop eventually heard of it there would be trouble, but the bishop had his hands full of more urgent matters at the moment, and Oliver was beginning to think too many church rules got in the way of Christianity.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“were touched, though in my case gently, by the war’s long shadow. My husband and I both had fathers who served in the US Army, as did all our uncles except for one in the navy and one who became an air force pilot. But women played an active role too. An aunt by marriage was an army nurse, and my own mother was an officer in WAVES, “Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.” As a child, I was fascinated to learn that my respectable mother, housewife and pillar of her church, had once worn a pistol on her hip—one”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“INTRODUCTION”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Johnny’s open mouth. There”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Hey! How you doin’ this evenin’?”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“Thanne longen folk to go on pilgrimages.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“I was one of the postwar baby-boom generation”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“lorries. Lady Carpenter, the third member”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides

“too many church rules got in the way of Christianity.”
― Helen Bryan, War Brides