Quotes From "London Calling" By Sara Sheridan

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In wartime people took action because of what they believed in. In peacetime people were driven by their private concerns. Sara Sheridan
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Lately Mirabelle had reflected wistfully if people even noticed her — a smartly dressed woman who came and went along the Promenade, always alone. Sara Sheridan
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Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love. Sara Sheridan
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He’s more a shape in a drape than a hep cat Sara Sheridan
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She was herself in their company but a very specific version of herself. Sara Sheridan
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It took a certain kind of person to come from luxury and seek out danger. Sara Sheridan
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Sometimes a person’s first assumption was very telling. It revealed how they perceived the situation. Sara Sheridan
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People see what they expect to see. Sara Sheridan
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The law don’t like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble. Sara Sheridan
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Cases fired by emotion rather than money were dangerous. Sara Sheridan
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The smog curled between the streetlamps and the spokes of the wrought iron framework. It seemed through your body and into your bones. Sara Sheridan
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Britain wouldn’t have won the war without its eccentric geniuses. Sara Sheridan
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It’s ridiculous — a girl steps out, goes dancing, gets her hair cut, decides to spend the summer in Italy and it’s a scandal. A chap does it and no one bats an eyelid. Sara Sheridan
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During the war some of the country’s sharpest minds had looked as if they had been dragged through a hedge backwards. Sara Sheridan
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There’s nothing like a military man, even out of uniform. Sara Sheridan