A Sunlit Weapon Quotes

“...places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us. We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by being present in a certain spot - and how the place itself is changed by what has come to pass. You only have to visit a battlefield long after a war has ended, to know that places are never quite the same following a tragedy.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“We all need to keep a strong middle, my friend. The center is where balance resides, and if you’re not in balance, you cannot expect to continue moving”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“Oh,”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“forth,”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“And we’ve both learned the value of allowing only the very best pictures into our minds—so instead of imagining the terrible alternatives, make sure you see your son walking into the house and calling your name. See him coming home. Always see him coming home. Every time you think of something untoward, banish it straightaway—restrict your mind to the most wonderful thoughts of your boys.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“The center is where balance resides, and if you’re not in balance, you cannot expect to continue moving forward without a fall.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“Place is a crucial factor in our work—and places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us." She held her hand to her chest. "We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by being present in a certain spot—and how the place itself is changed by what has come to pass. You only have to visit a battlefield long after a war has ended, to know that places are never quite the same following a tragedy.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“Yet the alternative he had suggested smacked of privilege, and wasn't privilege always bolstered by a discrimination of sorts?”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“And she will be with children who come from a real mix of places and who have moved around a bit. They’re used to it. They’re all . . . well, I guess they’re habituated to being different. Which means they’re accustomed to finding out all the things that make them the same as one another, and yet they take their individuality in their stride.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon

“She wished Billy and his family were there, or Sandra and her husband and son. She had begun making the Sunday meal a bigger affair before the war because she had spent so much time alone in her life. It was a feeling of desolation that had grown since the loss of her first husband and unborn child. She had realized she wanted to gather family around her while she could, because she felt the chance slipping through her fingers. And then life had changed. Life and love had lifted her, so even at the worst of times—a time of war—the meal delighted Maisie, for it heralded the first such gathering in many months.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon