Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves Quotes

“Sorrow is a different thing, ladies. Here's what life has taught me about that. I have felt sadness so sharp that is has knocked me to my knees - literally - and made it almost impossible to breathe. For days. Even weeks. That's grieving. That's normal when you've had a terrible loss or shock.

My advice on sadness is not to ignore it, not dismiss it. Stare sorrow straight in the face. Recognize the pain for what it is. Then it will be back down a tad and walk beside you, maybe give you a little bit of a limp for a while, or for forever. But it will not undo you or sneak up on you from behind in a surprise attack. Of course, doing that - facing sorrow head-on and accepting its presence as an unwanted but tolerated companion - takes honesty, courage, and a bit of spit. " -Belle”
― L.M. Elliott, Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves

“There is a difference between anger and hate, child. Ange at this war, anger at the men who shelled your daddy's tugboat and the officers ordering that kind of attack, anger at people who'd follow a monster like Hitler? It's hatred you really want to fight off, child. Hatred is poison." -Belle”
― L.M. Elliott, Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves

“...a story can speak to a soul different ways at different times, getting better with every reading.”
― L.M. Elliott, Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves