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Kate Quinn Quote: “Women are bloodthirsty creatures. The English and Americans are utter fools if they think females are too delicate to send to the front.”

151. “Women are bloodthirsty creatures. The English and Americans are utter fools if they think females are too delicate to send to the front.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “We lingered inside our fragile bubble of happiness, the kind of happiness that sits on top of melancholy was easily as icing on a cake. I didn’t want to leave it.”

152. “We lingered inside our fragile bubble of happiness, the kind of happiness that sits on top of melancholy was easily as icing on a cake. I didn’t want to leave it.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Maybe that was the other side effect of having survived starvation: it left you wanting to feed people, feed everyone, feed them and fix them. She hadn’t even realized it was what she was craving, back when she walked into a houseful of people who had nothing in common but an address, but who all needed feeding and fixing.”

153. “Maybe that was the other side effect of having survived starvation: it left you wanting to feed people, feed everyone, feed them and fix them. She hadn’t even realized it was what she was craving, back when she walked into a houseful of people who had nothing in common but an address, but who all needed feeding and fixing.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “She wanted to go home, and she had no idea where to find it.”

154. “She wanted to go home, and she had no idea where to find it.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Kostia tossed my soaked hat into the canoe too, angling the boat so it blocked out Yuri on the bank. My partner reached for my hand under the water and pulled it against his chest, then he bent his head and kissed me. He tasted like iron and rain, his other hand tangling briefly in my hair, and I felt the sniper-calluses of his trigger hand against my scarred neck before he pulled away. “You already know,” he said. “What I feel for you.” I did know. I’d known a long time.”

155. “Kostia tossed my soaked hat into the canoe too, angling the boat so it blocked out Yuri on the bank. My partner reached for my hand under the water and pulled it against his chest, then he bent his head and kissed me. He tasted like iron and rain, his other hand tangling briefly in my hair, and I felt the sniper-calluses of his trigger hand against my scarred neck before he pulled away. “You already know,” he said. “What I feel for you.” I did know. I’d known a long time.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Dilly Knox was one of the Park’s eccentric geniuses, notorious for his absentmindedness, his Alice-in-Wonderland approach to codebreaking, and his habit of recruiting only women for his team.”

156. “Dilly Knox was one of the Park’s eccentric geniuses, notorious for his absentmindedness, his Alice-in-Wonderland approach to codebreaking, and his habit of recruiting only women for his team.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “You’re part of the Greatest Generation, too, you old bat.”

157. “You’re part of the Greatest Generation, too, you old bat.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “But constant perfection is something at which we will always fail, all of us. And.”

158. “But constant perfection is something at which we will always fail, all of us. And.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “If one has the luxury of sleeping safe in the night to come, one should always have more brandy.”

159. “If one has the luxury of sleeping safe in the night to come, one should always have more brandy.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Please, do not forgive me! Forgiveness hurt so much more than hatred.”

160. “Please, do not forgive me! Forgiveness hurt so much more than hatred.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “A sniper puts her life in the hands of her partner, night after night after night. He had better be someone she trusts more than a husband.”

161. “A sniper puts her life in the hands of her partner, night after night after night. He had better be someone she trusts more than a husband.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “To be vulnerable is not the same as being weak.”

162. “To be vulnerable is not the same as being weak.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “I can’t slouch in this getup.” I was crammed into a waist cincher like a band of iron, not that I needed one because I was built like a twig, but my froth of skirts wouldn’t hang right without it, so band of iron it was. That.”

163. “I can’t slouch in this getup.” I was crammed into a waist cincher like a band of iron, not that I needed one because I was built like a twig, but my froth of skirts wouldn’t hang right without it, so band of iron it was. That.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Mab brought the letter to her evening shift, reading it at the checking machine as she waited for Aggie to halt. She read it three times, then she put it away, hands trembling. Francis didn’t even have to be in the same bed, or the same room, or the same city to give her that feeling of being unshelled, naked as a chick peeled from its egg. She wanted to cry and she wanted to smile, she wanted to dance and she wanted to blush.”

164. “Mab brought the letter to her evening shift, reading it at the checking machine as she waited for Aggie to halt. She read it three times, then she put it away, hands trembling. Francis didn’t even have to be in the same bed, or the same room, or the same city to give her that feeling of being unshelled, naked as a chick peeled from its egg. She wanted to cry and she wanted to smile, she wanted to dance and she wanted to blush.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “What I’m saying is, I don’t need a lot of young cockerels chesting about, competing with each other. Women” – Dilly leveled a finger at Beth – “are more flexible, less competitive, and more inclined to get on with the job in hand. They pay more attention to detail, probably because they’ve been squinting at their knitting and measuring things in kitchens all their lives. They listen.”

165. “What I’m saying is, I don’t need a lot of young cockerels chesting about, competing with each other. Women” – Dilly leveled a finger at Beth – “are more flexible, less competitive, and more inclined to get on with the job in hand. They pay more attention to detail, probably because they’ve been squinting at their knitting and measuring things in kitchens all their lives. They listen.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Vampires are not real, even in 2023. So far, anyway. Though if you’d put it on my bingo card for 2020, I might have bought it.”

166. “Vampires are not real, even in 2023. So far, anyway. Though if you’d put it on my bingo card for 2020, I might have bought it.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “You have a beautiful home, Lyudmila.” Her eyes took in the apartment I’d been awarded: four whole rooms near the center of Moscow, not far from the Soviet Navy department where I’d worked, an entire wall filled with nothing but my books.”

167. “You have a beautiful home, Lyudmila.” Her eyes took in the apartment I’d been awarded: four whole rooms near the center of Moscow, not far from the Soviet Navy department where I’d worked, an entire wall filled with nothing but my books.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Sorry. Everyone told her they were sorry. Why didn’t they tell her how to go on living, instead? How to keep going, day after day, when soon it was going to be a year since she’d buried Lucy and Francis – then two years – then three? Why did no one tell her how to keep living?”

168. “Sorry. Everyone told her they were sorry. Why didn’t they tell her how to go on living, instead? How to keep going, day after day, when soon it was going to be a year since she’d buried Lucy and Francis – then two years – then three? Why did no one tell her how to keep living?”

Kate Quinn Quote: “My son had me, and I would give him everything. An apartment of our own someday; a wall of bookshelves; a future.”

169. “My son had me, and I would give him everything. An apartment of our own someday; a wall of bookshelves; a future.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. – MARCUS AURELIUS.”

170. “Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. – MARCUS AURELIUS.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “You know why none of us judge? Because none of us have the goddamn right to look down our noses at anyone else’s sins.”

171. “You know why none of us judge? Because none of us have the goddamn right to look down our noses at anyone else’s sins.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “No one likes to talk about their war, after it’s fought. They want to forget. And what happens when they die, and they’ve taken all their memories with them? We’ve lost it all. And we can’t.”

172. “No one likes to talk about their war, after it’s fought. They want to forget. And what happens when they die, and they’ve taken all their memories with them? We’ve lost it all. And we can’t.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “The greatest tyrants over women are women,’” Mab quoted. “Have you read that far in Vanity Fair?”

173. “The greatest tyrants over women are women,’” Mab quoted. “Have you read that far in Vanity Fair?”

Kate Quinn Quote: “It’s just surprising to meet a woman with two hundred lives to her name and find a history student with the world’s most boring dissertation in her pack and the softest brown eyes ever to paint crosshairs on a man’s heart.”

174. “It’s just surprising to meet a woman with two hundred lives to her name and find a history student with the world’s most boring dissertation in her pack and the softest brown eyes ever to paint crosshairs on a man’s heart.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “It’s not funny,” I protested, but found myself laughing anyway. It was Lyonya’s gift, I’d already come to realize – he could bring laughter like a stray thread of sunshine to brighten even the most shadowed room.”

175. “It’s not funny,” I protested, but found myself laughing anyway. It was Lyonya’s gift, I’d already come to realize – he could bring laughter like a stray thread of sunshine to brighten even the most shadowed room.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “What I mean is, it’s not a matter of age. There are boys aged fifty, and men aged fifteen. It’s all in what they do, not how old they are.”

176. “What I mean is, it’s not a matter of age. There are boys aged fifty, and men aged fifteen. It’s all in what they do, not how old they are.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “When a girl has broken national security to ease your mind about your family’s lying in the path of an invasion route, she has officially become a friend.”

177. “When a girl has broken national security to ease your mind about your family’s lying in the path of an invasion route, she has officially become a friend.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Nora thought of the Bill of Rights, which she saw in its case every day. “The law is not perfect, but it is perfectible. Scorn that and we’re spitting on our foundations.” “Don’t be pompous, Tipperary.”

178. “Nora thought of the Bill of Rights, which she saw in its case every day. “The law is not perfect, but it is perfectible. Scorn that and we’re spitting on our foundations.” “Don’t be pompous, Tipperary.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “I am telling you that order is absurd. You think there are no idiots in the intelligence business, that your superiors are all brilliant men who understand the game?” A furious hand waved in Major Allenton’s direction. “This business is rife with idiots. They play with lives and they play badly, and when people like you die as a result, they shrug and say, ‘Risks have to be taken in wartime.’ Pg 326.”

179. “I am telling you that order is absurd. You think there are no idiots in the intelligence business, that your superiors are all brilliant men who understand the game?” A furious hand waved in Major Allenton’s direction. “This business is rife with idiots. They play with lives and they play badly, and when people like you die as a result, they shrug and say, ‘Risks have to be taken in wartime.’ Pg 326.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Straight off a cliff I’d march, blank and obedient, and not wonder or care why I was falling till I was halfway down. I’d been halfway down the hole my life had become, turning endlessly in the air. But now I’d grabbed a handhold.”

180. “Straight off a cliff I’d march, blank and obedient, and not wonder or care why I was falling till I was halfway down. I’d been halfway down the hole my life had become, turning endlessly in the air. But now I’d grabbed a handhold.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “How much she hated being a woman sometimes: underpaid and underestimated and betrayed by your own body.”

181. “How much she hated being a woman sometimes: underpaid and underestimated and betrayed by your own body.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “No one ever said anything about getting shipped off to Yorkshire.”

182. “No one ever said anything about getting shipped off to Yorkshire.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “I wasn’t even jealous, him winning you. You picked the best man I knew. I wasn’t going to break with my friend over that, or my partner.”

183. “I wasn’t even jealous, him winning you. You picked the best man I knew. I wasn’t going to break with my friend over that, or my partner.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Educated London men liked girls who could talk about the use of metaphor and simile – you just had to be slightly less knowledgeable than they were.”

184. “Educated London men liked girls who could talk about the use of metaphor and simile – you just had to be slightly less knowledgeable than they were.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “I’m too much a patched-together pot for that, but at least the pot is fit to hold water through the day to come.”

185. “I’m too much a patched-together pot for that, but at least the pot is fit to hold water through the day to come.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “When a man gives you jewels, even if you’re planning to throw them back in his face, you should remember his name.”

186. “When a man gives you jewels, even if you’re planning to throw them back in his face, you should remember his name.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “I believe in books,” he said finally.”

187. “I believe in books,” he said finally.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “America fights prejudice abroad but tolerates it at home.”

188. “America fights prejudice abroad but tolerates it at home.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “It’s sometimes said that World War II was won with British intelligence, American steel, and Soviet blood. This sweeping.”

189. “It’s sometimes said that World War II was won with British intelligence, American steel, and Soviet blood. This sweeping.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Yorkshire’s a bally marvel,” Lily said loyally, washing her hands. She’d grown up in York not sixty miles away, her father’s town house a stone’s throw from York Minster even if Father spent most of his time in London.”

190. “Yorkshire’s a bally marvel,” Lily said loyally, washing her hands. She’d grown up in York not sixty miles away, her father’s town house a stone’s throw from York Minster even if Father spent most of his time in London.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “The cautious wordsmithing of a woman stepping lightly around a man who has the upper hand, and might use it to lash out – no poet ever agonized over the crafting of a sentence more carefully.”

191. “The cautious wordsmithing of a woman stepping lightly around a man who has the upper hand, and might use it to lash out – no poet ever agonized over the crafting of a sentence more carefully.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “I grew up in Boston. North End.” Bea twisted sideways to get around a cluster of men fiercely arguing batting averages. “You’re born within a hundred square miles of Fenway Park, hatred for the Yankees comes in with your mother’s milk.”

192. “I grew up in Boston. North End.” Bea twisted sideways to get around a cluster of men fiercely arguing batting averages. “You’re born within a hundred square miles of Fenway Park, hatred for the Yankees comes in with your mother’s milk.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “She was drunk on him, every nerve in her body singing.”

193. “She was drunk on him, every nerve in her body singing.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Violent men who are also smart and strong are not completely lost causes. They can learn different ways, if they choose. It’s the weak ones who cause the most damage. Nothing wreaks havoc like a weak man – because they never learn, so they just go blithely on, leaving pain and wreckage behind them.”

194. “Violent men who are also smart and strong are not completely lost causes. They can learn different ways, if they choose. It’s the weak ones who cause the most damage. Nothing wreaks havoc like a weak man – because they never learn, so they just go blithely on, leaving pain and wreckage behind them.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Would the world really be so deprived, losing a few cosmetics pots and pairs of dice and bad paintings of naked goddesses? But the books, I couldn’t help thinking, and a twist of helpless anger curdled my stomach.”

195. “Would the world really be so deprived, losing a few cosmetics pots and pairs of dice and bad paintings of naked goddesses? But the books, I couldn’t help thinking, and a twist of helpless anger curdled my stomach.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Someone had slipped a little of his time into her pocket, and she didn’t know how much more they had left.”

196. “Someone had slipped a little of his time into her pocket, and she didn’t know how much more they had left.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Americans are harder to scrape off than barnacles.”

197. “Americans are harder to scrape off than barnacles.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “We’re getting married,” I whispered. “Remember?” He didn’t move, didn’t smile, didn’t speak. Death kept breathing at my shoulder. “I got the divorce. I can marry you now.” Anything I could say to keep him here, keep him with me. “We can marry now. I’ll marry you tomorrow.” I kept saying it long after he was gone.”

198. “We’re getting married,” I whispered. “Remember?” He didn’t move, didn’t smile, didn’t speak. Death kept breathing at my shoulder. “I got the divorce. I can marry you now.” Anything I could say to keep him here, keep him with me. “We can marry now. I’ll marry you tomorrow.” I kept saying it long after he was gone.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Excellent, now it can all go back to the way it was.” As if roofs and buildings and shattered windows just leaped back into wholeness the day after peace was declared.”

199. “Excellent, now it can all go back to the way it was.” As if roofs and buildings and shattered windows just leaped back into wholeness the day after peace was declared.”

Kate Quinn Quote: “Firebrands ask questions, and a nation where you can’t ask questions is one that is going downhill.”

200. “Firebrands ask questions, and a nation where you can’t ask questions is one that is going downhill.”

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