Ruta Sepetys Quotes

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

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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

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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.

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

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

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Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.

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

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

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

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