5 Quotes by Alan Hlad

Be an egg, Susan thought. One could be soft with fear inside, but hard as slate outside.

Of wartime London:It looked as if London was being cremated, one piece at a time.

Too bad the Nazis aren't vampires, Ollie thought. At least with vampires, they could be deterred with holy water, crosses, and cloves of garlic. But with Nazis, we need antiaircraft guns, Hurricanes, and Spitfires. Ollie glanced back at the lofts. And maybe pigeons.

Ollie watched the cemetery disappear in the distance and wondered if there would be enough trees in all of Britain to build the coffins.

It wasn't a miracle. You believed. And made it happen.