A Place To Hang The Moon Quotes
"Undaunted, Edmund picked through the pile, finding two that met with his approval."
"Like her brother, Anna had managed to find enjoyment at the funeral reception."
"This is what one does when one loves one’s sister very much."
"Anna wasn’t entirely certain what formidable meant, but it sounded like forbidding."
"He wished she would take him in her bony old arms and tell him she’d be in charge and he needn’t worry any longer."
"Hope and imagination. How funny that the dour old solicitor should choose those words."
"He wished for more. He wished Miss Collins would volunteer to be a mother to the three of them."
"They were only too aware that nobody had yet come up with an answer to the question of what was to be done about the children."
"I brought sweets from home, and they’re gone."
"See how things work out, pet? Perfectly understandable that you would have left things on the train, in all the commotion."
"You’re right, Auntie Nellie. I’m sure that’s what happened."
"The point, Edmund, is that the three of us have nowhere else to go."
"It takes some time to let go of anger, especially when sweets are involved."
"We’re going to dig a trench, then cover it with branches and such. That way, if the Jerries come, they’ll fall in and we’ll have ’em trapped."
"Lady Godiva was the wife of a lord, hundreds of years ago. The story goes that her husband was taxing the people unfairly, and when she asked him to be reasonable, he said that he would lower the taxes if she would ride through the streets of Coventry without any clothes on."
"It seems a funny way to make decisions about taxes."
"I shan’t say we are 'having fun,' as you put it, but we are comfortable enough."
"And I wouldn’t worry too much about lipstick, Edmund. One must choose one’s battles in this life."
"However much some of us may hate it, we’re going to need to dig up our hydrangeas and boxwoods and put potatoes in their places."
"It’s a fact. You grow more than anyone else in the village. Who better than you to offer advice?"
"The delightful thing is that talking about books actually is my work."
"We won’t capitulate. Not if Churchill has anything to say about it."
"Of course not, stupid," Simon said, narrowing his eyes at her.
"It’s easier for us, I suppose. We haven’t left parents behind. It’s just ourselves."
"Delicious," Edmund murmured. He had come up with an especially sweet one.
"It’s not as if you’re in your bedroom, are you?"
"They’re just like us. Only not anymore."
"Children," Miss Carr continued, "I should like to return to the subject of—"
"I hope all goes swimmingly with the preposterous plan."
"I don’t know what to say. That’s so awfully kind."
"It was quite a shock. Edmund says he had nothing to do with this, but when the evidence rolled out of his very own rucksack, what are we to do?"
"I can’t have my best bookworms do without, can I?"
"We’ve got to make the best of it. We’ll head to the library again after lunch, all right?"
"I hadn’t really thought about it. Perhaps they think children fancy the notion of living on their own, without adults to tell them what to do. It’s quite daft, if you think about it, isn’t it?"
"I wouldn’t want you to suffer with this a moment longer than you had to."
"But I suppose the question on everyone’s minds is whether he’s—whether he’s working for the…for the wrong side."
"I expect you’ve already done more than your share of managing."
"I believe there is little you can't manage, William."
"You've got to be careful, Mrs. Müller. She's a bad egg."
"It's just that it's dreadful to think of the three of you in that house."
"You shouldn't have had to. I ought to have noticed."
"I couldn't think of a better time to occupy myself with celebrating."
"You're only thirteen once in this life."
"I've had myself a wallow, and now it's time for a proper do."
"We could use someone to draw up a map of the garden."
"I didn't just mean about the chocolate. For sitting with me, too."
"Perhaps your evacuee victory garden will show her just how suitable you are."
"I think you two were right all along. I am a filthy vackie!"
"I'll go to the council. You, darling boy, will go to Miss Carr."
"I do hope you're not about to request a change of billet."
"I think this could be good for the war effort in general."