Willie said normal was boring and that I should be grateful that I had a touch of spice. She said no one cared about boring people, and when they died, they were forgotten, like something that slips behind the dresser.
Andrius, I'm...scared." He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear. - Ruta Sepetys
Andrius, I'm...scared." He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.
- Ruta Sepetys
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. - Ruta Sepetys
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.
I looked down at the little pink face in the bundle. A newborn. The child had been alive only minutes but was already considered a criminal by the So… - Ruta Sepetys
I looked down at the little pink face in the bundle. A newborn. The child had been alive only minutes but was already considered a criminal by the So…
Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit. - Ruta Sepetys
Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.
Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it. - Ruta Sepetys
Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it.
He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot. We were about to become cigarettes. - Ruta Sepetys
He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot. We were about to become cigarettes.
I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own. - Ruta Sepetys
I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.
Decisions, they shape our destiny. - Ruta Sepetys
Decisions, they shape our destiny.
Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. - Ruta Sepetys
Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.
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