The Secret Keeper Quotes

“Fear sounds the same in any language.”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper

“He was a hero... Are you a hero, Dot?”
Dot wiped away a tear. “No, Dash. I’m no hero. I just typed memos. I just did my job.”
Except there was something different in Dot’s expression now. Regret? What was it she wasn’t saying?”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper

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She exhaled and threw her arms into the air, silently triumphant. Here she sat, alone in a little room, thousands of miles from the war, and she’d just had a say in the lives of all those men.”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper

“Live your life to the fullest, her father had whispered.
Live your own life, her mother had urged.
But this feeling was like an anchor, wrapped around her throat and dragging her under.”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper

“She’d failed. She’d never failed at anything in her life, and she never wanted it to happen again.”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper

“I, Dorothy Lillian Wilson, solemnly and sincerely swear...”
Her mouth was as dry as the paper the Chief Wren held, and her pulse pounded like a drum in her throat. The moment Dot signed that paper, no one would know where she was or what she was doing. It was for all the right reasons, but it was the hardest thing she’d ever done.
“... so help me God.”
I’m sorry, Dash.”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper

“It’s going to be fun,” Dash said with confidence. “A big adventure.”
Adventure. Well, that was just about the last thing Dot wanted to think about.”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper