Code Name Hélène Quotes

“The thing about lipstick, the reason it’s so powerful, is that it is distracting. Men don’t see the flashes of anger in your eyes or your clenched fists when you wear it. They see a woman, not a warrior, and that gives me the advantage.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Love is a choice. It is the active choosing of good for another person. But like? It is a gift and it cannot be forced.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I am a devoted fan of the male species. They are brave, brilliant, offer endless entertainment, are good for moving heavy objects, and make the act of procreation a great deal more enjoyable. I’d hate to see a world in which they did not exist. But sometimes they can be spectacular idiots.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I am the same but different, and I greet this new reflection with a nod of acceptance. There is metal in my spine and there are fractures in my soul. I resemble Garrow now. I have been changed by war.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I would tell him what it felt like to stand in that stadium and watch Jesse Owens beat Adolf Hitler’s best runners to win the gold medal. And then, what it felt like, afterward, to interview the son of black sharecroppers from Alabama knowing that he had just changed the world. I would tell him about standing in the shadow of the Hindenburg as it passed over the field.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“The friendships of women are strange and wonderful. Fraught and irreplaceable.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I absolutely hate having to wear flats just because a man didn’t have the good sense to grow a few inches taller.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Luxury is an odd thing. You don’t know you have it until confronted with someone else’s lack.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I do remember how to pray, and I know that God is God regardless of which denominational peg I hang my hat upon.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Terror is a strong thing. It comes upon you instantly and consumes all thought and reason.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I can see that he wants to laugh but the expression on my face stops him. “We have no women drivers.” “You do now.” Honestly, I’m so tired of this bullshit. I can’t have a byline because I’m a woman. I can’t apply for a marriage license on my own because I’m a woman. I can’t drive an ambulance because I’m a woman.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Sieg Heil!” they scream, frantic. Obsessed. Saluting and clapping. Believing every word, receiving every command they’ve just been given. Men. Women. Children. All of them swallowing it whole so they can be corroded from the inside out.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“There is nothing like machine-gun fire being pelted at your arse to prove that your gym teacher was correct. You can run faster than you think.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Honestly”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“The thing about lipstick”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“War isn’t for women.” I lean very close to him and lower my voice to a dangerous pitch. “And yet we suffer most in them.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Come”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“You use profanity as a weapon. A way to be disarming. To charm or sometimes offend”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“Show me a girl who gets wobbly at the sight of blood and I’ll show you someone who hasn’t hit puberty. Dealing with blood is one of the most basic realities for every woman alive.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I am a devoted fan of the male species. They are brave”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“This is how people are brainwashed”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“It is internal. Emotional. Once my hand is wrapped firmly in his, I feel…calm. My entire frenetic self begins to idle. As though I’ve been given permission to rest. It is a foreign sensation.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“since”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“I know better than to expect anything but play from a playboy.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“motley”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“though she has an endless supply”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

“more.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène