Quotes from Jacqueline Winspear

Number Ten Downing Street." "Oh, good lord!" "No, I would say the Right Honourable Gentleman has never been that good, not with the mess this country's in

Memories come out of nowhere, sometimes, don't they? Like a splinter long in the finger finally rises to the surface. Pluck it out, and the pain goes—and you realize there has been discomfort all along, but you have lived with it.

Extremes live within us all. The joy of association resides alongside the anticipation of loss. What is given will be taken, what we have is often only of value to us when it is gone.

I like pickled onions, I like piccalilli. Pickled cabbage is all right With a bit of cold meat on Sunday night. I can go termartoes, But what I do prefer, Is a little bit of cu-cum-cu-cum-cu-cum, A little bit of cucumber.

So if you are looking for the roots of the war, they lie in discontent—and discontent always rises up like froth on beer. Look

Britain's first Labour Prime Minister was the illegitimate son of a maidservant, who as a young man had taken it upon himself to continue his education after leaving school at the age of twelve. Ramsey MacDonald

That's the trouble with people—they cherish their comforts, but they don't want to know where they come from.

Tomorrow will be our last day together," said Simon. "I wish I understood time, Maisie. It vanishes through one's fingers." He held her hands together in front of his chest, and touched each of her fingertips in turn. "Maurice says that only when we have a respect for time will we have learned something of the art of living.

the solution to a problem or question was rarely to be found in sitting alone and that movement of the body also moved the mind.

But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn't dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good.

My favorite way to unwind is to go for a walk with my husband and the dog at the end of the working day, then we go to our local health club for a swim and to sit by the pool and read for a while.

I'm a storyteller; that is what I do. And I'm particularly interested in history; and in history of a certain era. But what is interesting for me is how many, how many things you see repeated.

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.

My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.

I'll tell you this. Leaving that which you love breaks your heart open. But you will find a jewel inside, and this precious jewel is the opening of your heart to all that is new and all that is different, and it will be the making of you-if you allow it to be.

Coincidence is a messenger sent by truth.

Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions...as soon as you think you have the answer, you have closed the path and may miss vital new information. Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusions, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing.

Shame, isn't it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are 'spit and polished,' and not when they're showing us the wounds they suffered on our behalf.

Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.

The extraordinary hides behind the camouflage of the ordinary. Assume nothing, Maisie.

Coincidence is a messenger sent by the truth." [Dr. Maurice Blanche]

There is nothing of which every man is so afraid, as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Wolfgang von Goethe:"A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days.