The Secret Letter Quotes

“brought”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“into a basement, shouting ‘Take cover,’ just as the American”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“unpredictable British weather. Pray for sunshine, gentlemen. God bless you all…”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“marriage should never be undertaken in a mad panic.”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“Imogen, is that you?’ ‘Yes, Mr Latimer…’ ‘Could you come in here please?’ Imogen hung her school coat and satchel over the banisters, and went into the kitchen at the back of the house. ‘Could you give me a bit of help? I really don’t know what to do – I’ve never cooked spam before, but there doesn’t seem to be much else.’ He opened the kitchen cupboard, revealing bare shelves. Imogen looked a little dubiously at the small oblong tin sitting on the Formica worktop.”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“mark my words – no country’s problems, economic or otherwise, can be solved by young men marching around the streets, bullying people.”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“As she opened the door to the dark hall she inhaled the comfortingly familiar scent of floor polish and beeswax, overlaid with the sour smell of overcooking vegetables and just a hint of dog.”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“a gardener who came twice a week to mow the lawn and ‘do the heavy work’. Imogen wasn’t sure what ‘the heavy work’ meant, but it was obviously useful.”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“If I’m pregnant then I shall have a child. And yes, it’s true – I don’t know who the father is. If it’s the child of one, then I will be happy. If it’s the child of the other, I don’t know what I will do… but either way, it’s not the child’s fault, is it?’ ‘Oh”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“Joy’s first words to Imogen had sealed their relationship forever.”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter

“was”
― Debbie Rix, The Secret Letter