The War I Finally Won Quotes

“You can know things all you like, and someday you might believe them.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Love isn't as rare as you think it is...You can love all sorts of people, in all sorts of ways. Nor is love in any way dangerous.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“If I started letting myself feel afraid I would never be able to stop.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“What's right and what's permitted are sometimes different things.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“You can know things all you like, but that doesn’t mean you believe them.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“It was horrible how the hardest things could be the truth.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Fear and what you did with it were two separate things.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“People used to draw dragons on the edges of old maps. When the world hadn't been fully explored, mapmakers imagined dragons living at the far ends.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Keep going,” Susan said. “The only way out of this is straight through.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I shrugged. “There’s a war on.” “Yes,” she said, “and you’re winning it.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I don’t want to have to feel grateful,” I said. Susan smiled. “I understand,” she said. “Do it anyhow.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I shook my head. Bombs fell from the sky. Boys fell from trees. Anything might happen. Anytime.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I love you,” I whispered. I buried my head against Susan’s shoulder. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you before.” “Don’t be sorry,” she whispered back. “I know you love me. You know I love you too.” • •”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Sometimes, Ada,” she said, “I get very tired of you setting the example for us all.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Potato picking was tedious, dirty, exhausting, and cold. I rather liked it.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“She was wrong.” I shrugged. “I can say that,” I said. “It’s harder to believe it.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Fred looked at me grimly. "It's not right," he said. "It is," I Said. "What's right and what's permitted are sometimes different things.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Worse than giant, fire-breathing lizards that could fly? Sounded like we should send dragons after Hitler.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“You can know all the things you like, but that does not mean you believe them.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“But I’m used to him not being around, especially when I’m at school. I mostly didn’t live with him. So I don’t actually miss him even though I’m sorry that he’s dead. Sometimes I realize that for a few hours I’ve forgotten all about him. I think I miss the idea of him more than miss his real self. Does that make me a bad person? I’m afraid it does.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Mam had never been anything but angry. Even when she smiled, she always stayed angry inside. No sadness, no joy. Just anger.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I shrugged. “I can say that,” I said. “It’s harder to believe it.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I stored this information in my head in the bulging file titled "Things I Wished I Didn't Know." It included what it felt like to walk on a clubfoot for ten years, and what it sounded like to have your mother say she never wanted to see you again.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“When we’d settled ourselves on the bed in Jamie’s room, he said quietly, “Mam was angry at everything too.” My head snapped up. “Because of me,” I said. “Because of my foot.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Lady Thorton never went to boarding school. She seems to imagine it as a sort of jolly holiday.” Susan had gone to boarding school. “Was it?” “No,” Susan said. “Mind you, I didn’t hate it. But sometimes being in a group of girls is just as lonely as being alone.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“You can know things all you like, but that doesn't mean you believe them.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“We’d both survive,” Maggie said. “We’re surviving now.” After a long pause, I laughed again. “We’re doing better than that,” I said. “I think we won.” Chapter 63 May 22, 1943 Over a year later Jamie stuck his head into the kitchen.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I wouldn't have told Susan I loved her even if I thought it was true. Words can be dangerous, as destructive as bombs.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“That’s your map of the past. What’s in the map of your future?” I stared at her. “What do you want?” she persisted. I had no idea. When I’d first been evacuated I’d wanted to be like the girl riding the pony, racing the train. Now I was. Parts of me were still jumbled—but maybe that girl had been jumbled too. I’d only seen her from the outside.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“I’ll come,” she said softly. “I will. It would be good to be among family again.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won