The Secret Diary Quotes

“Why shouldn't a man have a strong woman at his side?”
― Anna Stuart, The Secret Diary

“No, Joe. It's our job. That's what this is all about; That's the whole point. We fought for out country side by side, and now we have to fight for our future the same way. I don't want you to do it for me, but with me”
― Anna Stuart, The Secret Diary

“Ridiculous, really, to take your mind off peace and prosperity by recalling danger and fear, but at least in the face of possible death she'd felt alive”
― Anna Stuart, The Secret Diary

“She'd talk to Joe. She'd remind him of the woman he'd fallen in love with - the active, determined, purposeful gunner girl. She was still that girl, even with the war over, and somehow she had to make him see that before she lost everything she'd fought for”
― Anna Stuart, The Secret Diary

“She choked upon the word, for the future felt like one great big gaping hole, waiting to suck her into its dark centre”
― Anna Stuart, The Secret Diary

“War has changed them all. The things they've seen, the things they've done, the secrets they've shared. The world is different now, and you can't just pack the past away with your gas mask and your ration book and 'go back to normal', because normal is different too”
― Anna Stuart, The Secret Diary