Ruta Sepetys Quotes

Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he have liked me

I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.

...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.

But wasn't there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn't seem fair.

Stalin mi aveva portato via la casa e mio padre e ora si era preso anche il mio compleanno.

Vi siete mai chiesti quanto vale una vita umana? Quella mattina la vita di mio fratello valeva un orologio da taschino.