A Lesson in Secrets Quotes

“Wolfgang von Goethe:"A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“(a statement someone makes to Maisie regarding attitudes prior to WWII):
"...the corridors of power are littered with Fascist leanings; anything to save the upper classes through disenfranchisement of the common man while allowing the common man to think you're on his side.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“corridors of power are littered with Fascist leanings; anything to save the upper classes through disenfranchisement of the common man while allowing the common man to think you’re on his side.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“And the ending was as she expected it to be . . . and they all lived happily ever after. She wondered about happily ever after. Did it exist only in fairy tales, in stories for children? Or was there hope, really?”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“that Maurice had wanted her to spend time in a teaching capacity—she reminded herself that there was an element of truth in the tale. Maurice had often spoken to her of the importance of passing on knowledge, and of the skill involved in presenting ideas and facts in a manner that was engaging and made a lasting impression—whether the recipient of that knowledge was an employee, a student, or a child.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“Wolfgang von Goethe: “A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“she would have been disappointed if he had not demonstrated such idealism, for he was yet to reach twenty-one; youth without optimism, without a strong sense of the possible, would represent a very sad state of affairs.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“Theirs was a laughter fueled not by pressure from others, nor by alcohol or the whims of a partying crowd, but by a certain optimism that, even in the midst of the difficult times in which they lived, they had grasped a sense of possibility before it slipped through their fingers.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days.” When she”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets

“Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Lesson in Secrets