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The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) QUOTES

The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) QUOTES

1 " Grannies to the rescue. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

2 " The irony in any investigation was that lies were often protectors of the truth—unless they became too powerful, in which case lies were like worker bees who turn on their queen. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

3 " because you can’t encourage independence of spirit and expect a child to remain hanging on to your skirts. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

4 " I am going to talk to you three times a week from a country that is fighting for its life. Inevitably I’m going to get called by that terrifying word “propagandist.” But of course I’m a propagandist. Passionately I want my ideas—our ideas—of freedom and justice to survive. Vernon Bartlett, May 28, 1940, during the inaugural broadcast of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s North American Service "

― Jacqueline Winspear , The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)