Secrets of the Railway Girls Quotes

“woman this time. ‘Leave her be, Richard.’ A whiff of perfume”
― Maisie Thomas, Secrets of the Railway Girls

“I told you," said Joan. "I didn't make up my mind. It was my heart that decided,”
― Maisie Thomas, Secrets of the Railway Girls

“She soon realised that there were several mother-and-daughter pairs here, working side by side, and it brought home to her the loss with which she had grown up. Could you miss what you had never had? Yes, you could, absolutely. She had never had her mother's love. She gave herself a moment to hate Estelle, but no hatred bubbled up. All she felt was a profound sadness. She had never hated Estelle. Gran had done her utmost to teach her to, and Joan, obedient to the last, had pretended she did. But what she felt for Estelle had always been a weary, never-ending longing”
― Maisie Thomas, Secrets of the Railway Girls

“Dot's gaze ran across the memorial, absorbing the beauty and the sadness. All those lost lives. All those shattered families. And now they were in the middle of another war and there were more shattered families”
― Maisie Thomas, Secrets of the Railway Girls

“Have you ever climbed to the top of a church tower? Or stood on the edge of a cliff, with your toes curling up inside your shoes, trying to hang on? You know that feeling when your tummy plummets and your mind swoops and you're scared of falling? That's how I feel when I walk along the hallway and open my front door. It's how I feel when I have to open the door and pay the milk lady. That's why I can't leave the house. I don't want to be stuck in here, but I am, because that front door is the edge of a cliff”
― Maisie Thomas, Secrets of the Railway Girls

“Dot made sure she had a smile on her face before she raised her eyes again. It was a wise woman who lover her sons' choice of wives, something she had reminded herself of more than once over the years. Did other mothers-in-law feel this way? It wasn't summat you could ask”
― Maisie Thomas, Secrets of the Railway Girls