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1 " In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. "
― Pam Jenoff , The Lost Girls of Paris
2 " Create a story of which you will be proud. "
3 " The truth is sometimes the very opposite from what you expect it to be. "
4 " But the truth was when it came to grief, each person was an island, alone. "
5 " You know, when you were little and you got hurt or scared, I could make it all better with a hug or treat. But when your children get older, it becomes less and less easy to heal their wounds. "
6 " And once out, Eleanor thought silently, you can’t put it back any more than returning a mist of perfume to a bottle once it has been sprayed. "
7 " In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” —Winston Churchill "
8 " But the truth was when it came to grief, each person was an island, alone. She’d learned that the hard way. She had tried to join a war widows group in New York shortly after she had arrived. She’d hoped she would find some connection that would help her break through the wall that seemed to have formed around her heart, but as she sat among those sorry women who had supposedly known what she had gone through, she had never felt more alone. "
9 " You kept this from me.” “I didn’t include you,” he corrected. As if that made a difference. "
10 " From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed that they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. "
11 " If not for the second-worst mistake of Grace Healey’s life, she never would have found the suitcase. "
12 " Kriegler’s assertion that the Germans had told London "
13 " New York alone after losing Tom had been an adventure. But going all the way to Washington sounded preposterous. “I couldn’t possibly.” “Why not?” he challenged. “You’ve hit a dead end with the consulate. There’s nothing more to be learned here. Otherwise, you’re stuck with the photos. Why not take a chance and see what we can learn?” We. Grace squirmed. “Why are you doing this?” she asked. “Maybe I’m curious, too. Or maybe I’m just not ready to say goodbye to you,” he blurted. Grace was surprised. She had liked Mark enough the few times she’d met him previously, mostly because Tom "
14 " But the truth was when it came to grief, each person was an island, alone. She’d learned that the hard way. She "