Lighten Our Darkness Quotes

“A girl like that does not deserve to be married to a man she does not love!”
The doctor stared for a moment, and then burst into quite inexplicable laughter. “Are we still speaking of Helen?” he wheezed after a moment.
“Yes,” snapped the matron, glaring at him.
“Dear me,” said the doctor, removing his glasses and dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief. “Such a circumstance would be very unfortunate – very, very.”
The matron huffed. “The poor child is trapped in a loveless marriage – trust me. I’m a woman.”
“The not-at-all-to-be-pitied girl is married to a man she adores,” the doctor said, smiling. “Trust me. I’m a man, with a wife and three daughters.”
“Adores my eye!”
The doctor replaced his spectacles and spoke very patiently: “Miss Bingham, only a woman who loves remembers what kind of aircraft her man flies.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“We lived out a raid, eh?” he said, giving a helpless shrug. “Next!”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Jedrick, looking into the mouth of the bag, felt his throat suddenly tighten. “Stan,” he managed, “you are a great old friend – did you know that?”
“Well, yes,” admitted Stanislaw, artlessly. “You don’t say it very often, though.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Don’t you budge, now, till the ‘All Clear’, Harry! I knows you’d rather be out, but there’s no crying over spilled milk. Remember – tis better to be safe than sorry!”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“I can not much to be spared,” he said apologetically, “but my plane is not fly.” He smiled charmingly.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“She’s beautiful, Drick,” said Stanislaw reverently in Polish.
Jedrick nodded and didn’t break stride.
“Sweet, too,”
Silence from Jedrick.
“Jedrick,” Stanislaw said solemnly, “do you love her?”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“But,” Jedrick added, his voice teasing, “I think I will be sure to be back on time this night; the kitchen floor is much clean enough.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Oh! It’s – it’s you,” she said, a little shyly.
“Jedrick,” he supplied with a smile. “To you I am always Jedrick.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Let’s arrange to crash in the Channel, shall we?”
“Only if we’re together.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Stanislaw laid his knife and fork on the table to give Jedrick a look of sudden alarm. “Is she English?”
“No.”
“Polish?” hopefully.
“No.”
Stanislaw looked worried. “Italian?”
“No.”
Stan sighed. “I really wish you’d consulted me first, Drick,” he admitted.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Stan!” called Mr. Clay from his chair. “Come in for a moment, boy. I’m tied by the leg and can’t budge.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“She’s beautiful, Drick,” said Stanislaw reverently in Polish.
Jedrick nodded and didn’t break stride.
“Sweet, too.”
Silence from Jedrick.
“Jedrick,” Stanislaw said solemnly, “do you love her?”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“I haven’t forgotten,” she managed. “Only – if you should die – I don’t know what I would do!”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“It is all joy to us,” Stanislaw assured her. “All we want.”
“It’s all we’ve wanted for a very long time,” Jedrick agreed soberly.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“That was the most flagrant display of overt independence and disobedience I have ever had the misfortune to witness,” the squadron leader began severely.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Jedrick was surprised into a laugh. “I would have more sadness than onions,” he assured her, “and my pilot training might be put off, yes? Till another time.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Jedrick smiled. “I was at the door,” he said. “A good place to be, yes? And with me I bring some refreshment!”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“Be back presently, Florence!” he called to his wife, and stumped out the front door into the noise and panic of a London bombing.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“What this have we done?” asked Stanislaw in very bad English, honestly bewildered.
“Curfew?”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“But you need…” Helen began.
“Nothing,” he finished flatly. “I have uniforms, and airmen’s mess hall – I need nothing.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness

“You should get one of those new-fangled, one-piece siren suits," she teased Jedrick, stepping over to fix his collar. "Think how fast it would be!"
"With the zip?" he said, dubiously. "In ten thousand years!”
― Sarah Brazytis, Lighten Our Darkness