elizabeth-wein

It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.

The wave of memory had submerged me for a whole minute, while I'd just sat staring and let it all come flooding back.

If you're scared, do something.

That is a terrifically intimate thing, you know? Letting a stranger light your cigarette. Leaning forward so he can hold a flame to your lips. Pausing to breathe in before you pull back again.

I ken who you are! You're Strathfearn's granddaughter. Julie Stuart, is it? Och, aye, Lady Julia! Well then, Lady Julia, tell me -- who don't you deserve a glass of water?

Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.

Inspector Milne's suspicious prying appeared to have awakened her inner Bolshevik, and so I discovered my own lady mother is not above quietly circumventing the law.

How do you ever hold on to anybody?

Looking up at the stars and smoking in silence.

I love the story of a thing. I love a thing for what it means a thousand times more than for what it's worth.