Would you rather die like a hero or live like a coward?

I am an ordinary woman who did extraordinary things. The first to qualify as a ground engineer. The first to fly to Australia single-handed. A million people lined the streets of London when I came home. I waved to them from an open-topped car like the queen, the queen of the air.

Nothing matters more than the love we leave behind.

That’s what great art does – that’s why these men and women counted. It shows us what makes life worth living.

My whole life, I’ve felt I was homesick for somewhere I’d never known.’ She told me that in Britain, where she grew up, the Celts called it ‘hiraeth’ – a longing for home.

The end is never the end. It’s always the the beginning of something.

You'd think they would train these SOE girls better, it's just sloppy.' Hans sipped his cognac. 'She looked the wrong way crossing the road, silly girl.

Perfume is the key to our memories

Your home is within you, you carry your place in the world.

There is a magic in distance. Look back at the golden lamp-lit rooms of your home from the road of your life, and it all for a moment is exactly how you hoped it would be: warm, peaceful, safe.