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Ruta Sepetys quotes: What was creepier, a man who loved clip-on ties or a girl who kept a log of fantasy fathers hidden in her desk drawer? What was creepier, a man who loved clip-on ties or a girl who kept a log of fantasy fathers hidden in her desk drawer?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Engrave your pieces, Jo, and they'll always find their way back to you, said Willie. Engrave your pieces, Jo, and they'll always find their way back to you, said Willie.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Guilt is a hunter. My conscience mocked me, picking fights like a petulant child. It's all your fault, the voice whispered. I Guilt is a hunter. My conscience mocked me, picking fights like a petulant child. It's all your fault, the voice whispered. I
Ruta Sepetys quotes: 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. 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 quotes: It's crazy, but it's just money. There's lots of ways to get money, It's crazy, but it's just money. There's lots of ways to get money,
Ruta Sepetys quotes: So, you hate me?" He laughed.How could Mother have tolerated Kretzsky? She claimed he had helped her."I hate me, too," he said. So, you hate me?" He laughed.
How could Mother have tolerated Kretzsky? She claimed he had helped her.
"I hate me, too," he said.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: You like me, Josie Moraine. You just don't know it yet. You like me, Josie Moraine. You just don't know it yet.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: It's safer for you to stay with the others,' he said.Safer? He didn't realize.I was already dead. It's safer for you to stay with the others,' he said.
Safer? He didn't realize.
I was already dead.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Perhaps tomorrow I would actually put pen to paper. Perhaps tomorrow I would actually put pen to paper.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: 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 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 quotes: This was the type of man who looked at a picture on the wall and instead of admiring the photo, looked at his own reflection in the glass. I This was the type of man who looked at a picture on the wall and instead of admiring the photo, looked at his own reflection in the glass. I
Ruta Sepetys quotes: How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky. How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Patrick wanted someone else. I wanted him to be happy, but why couldn't he be happy with me? I knew the answer. He couldn't choose me. Patrick wanted someone else. I wanted him to be happy, but why couldn't he be happy with me? I knew the answer. He couldn't choose me.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Shelves without books were lonely and just plain wrong. Shelves without books were lonely and just plain wrong.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Krasivaya. It means beautiful, but with strength. Unique. Krasivaya. It means beautiful, but with strength. Unique.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I don't want to see no dead body. Willie ain't in there. She put her walkin' shoes on. She gone to see the Lord. I don't want to see no dead body. Willie ain't in there. She put her walkin' shoes on. She gone to see the Lord.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all. I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch. Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Our sense of humor," said Mother, her eyes pooled with laughing tears. "They can't take that away from us, right? Our sense of humor," said Mother, her eyes pooled with laughing tears. "They can't take that away from us, right?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us? The Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us? The
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people. Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: My war had been so long, my winter so cold. But i had made it home. And for the first time in a long time, i was not afraid. My war had been so long, my winter so cold. But i had made it home. And for the first time in a long time, i was not afraid.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Yet amidst all that, life has spit in the eye of death. Yet amidst all that, life has spit in the eye of death.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Mrs. Rimas cried at the mention of the wafer and the traditional Christmas blessing. God grant that we are all together again next year. Mrs. Rimas cried at the mention of the wafer and the traditional Christmas blessing. God grant that we are all together again next year.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Death, it seems, has a mind of its own. Death, it seems, has a mind of its own.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: She held her breath in one hand and her suitcase in the other. She held her breath in one hand and her suitcase in the other.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: But I had learned to read very young. They could never take that away from me. But I had learned to read very young. They could never take that away from me.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I took many trips down to New Orleans trying to experience the city as deeply as possible. I'm from Detroit so New Orleans seemed very exotic to me. I took many trips down to New Orleans trying to experience the city as deeply as possible. I'm from Detroit so New Orleans seemed very exotic to me.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: A wrongdoing doesn't give us the right to do wrong. A wrongdoing doesn't give us the right to do wrong.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: She is you, she is your mother, your father, your country. She is Poland. She is you, she is your mother, your father, your country. She is Poland.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Fate is a hunter. Engines Fate is a hunter. Engines
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Everyone has a price," she said."But clearly not everyone has a soul, Everyone has a price," she said.
"But clearly not everyone has a soul,
Ruta Sepetys quotes: The Wilhelm Gustloff was pregnant with lost souls conceived of war. They would crowd into her belly and she would give birth to their freedom. The Wilhelm Gustloff was pregnant with lost souls conceived of war. They would crowd into her belly and she would give birth to their freedom.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with my husband. My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with my husband.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us? What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Papa said scientists speculated that from the moon, the earth looked blue. That night I believed it. I would draw it blue and heavy with tears. Papa said scientists speculated that from the moon, the earth looked blue. That night I believed it. I would draw it blue and heavy with tears.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: War had bled color from everything, leaving nothing but a storm of gray. War had bled color from everything, leaving nothing but a storm of gray.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Enough studying, Joana. Sometimes living life is more instructive than studying it. Enough studying, Joana. Sometimes living life is more instructive than studying it.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Do you see, my dear? The proverbs are at play. 'I wept because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.'" I Do you see, my dear? The proverbs are at play. 'I wept because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.'" I
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Evil will rule until good men or women choose to act. Evil will rule until good men or women choose to act.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean. We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Hitler said KdF brought opportunity for everyone, all were equal. But how could all be equal if some were favored? Hitler said KdF brought opportunity for everyone, all were equal. But how could all be equal if some were favored?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Through hardship to the stars Through hardship to the stars
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Light fell, and so did my confidence. Light fell, and so did my confidence.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give. Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Willie appeared completely calm about the news of Mother. She always said she could make tea in a tornado. Willie appeared completely calm about the news of Mother. She always said she could make tea in a tornado.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I looked back to the hole. What if we were digging our own grave? I looked back to the hole. What if we were digging our own grave?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Futile. She was telling me it was useless. That I was useless. Futile. She was telling me it was useless. That I was useless.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: This town will eat you up if you're not careful. But I won't be here forever. This town will eat you up if you're not careful. But I won't be here forever.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Some things just won't go away, no matter how hard you scrub. Some things just won't go away, no matter how hard you scrub.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Hope, like oxygen, is what kept her going. Hope, like oxygen, is what kept her going.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I love Between shades of gray I love Between shades of gray
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Ships capacity: 1,463Passengers on board: 10,573Lifeboats: 22But then I remembered. Ten of the lifeboats were missing Ships capacity: 1,463
Passengers on board: 10,573
Lifeboats: 22
But then I remembered.
Ten of the lifeboats were missing
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Unless it was Cokie, gifts from men weren't free. Unless it was Cokie, gifts from men weren't free.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: He said nothing, just pulled me down into his lap and wrapped his arms around me. He said nothing, just pulled me down into his lap and wrapped his arms around me.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: They were certainly a pair. Cincinnati in a dead man's suit, Mother in a dead man's wallet. They were certainly a pair. Cincinnati in a dead man's suit, Mother in a dead man's wallet.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: A wrongdoing doesn't give you the right to do wrong. You know that. A wrongdoing doesn't give you the right to do wrong. You know that.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Somehow I had to turn the salted peanuts in the cigar box into petits fours. Somehow I had to turn the salted peanuts in the cigar box into petits fours.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Those memories, they are the coals that shield my heart from frost. Those memories, they are the coals that shield my heart from frost.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: But we escaped into a stillness within ourselves. We found strenght there. But we escaped into a stillness within ourselves. We found strenght there.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: The evening breeze floated through the open window over my desk, waltzing the curtain from side to side. The evening breeze floated through the open window over my desk, waltzing the curtain from side to side.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: He wasn't ugly, but if he picked a flower, I was fairly certain it would die in his hand. He wasn't ugly, but if he picked a flower, I was fairly certain it would die in his hand.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Mother, why are you breaking your beautiful things?' I asked ... 'Because I love them so much. Mother, why are you breaking your beautiful things?' I asked ...
'Because I love them so much.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I watched from the raft as the beautiful deep began to swallow the massive boat of steel.In one large gulp." Emilia p341 I watched from the raft as the beautiful deep began to swallow the massive boat of steel.
In one large gulp." Emilia p341
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it. Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her. I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Look at you, locked and loaded, like Mae West of the Motor City. Look at you, locked and loaded, like Mae West of the Motor City.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both. Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: For some reason, my hair always looked best right before bed, and what good was that? For some reason, my hair always looked best right before bed, and what good was that?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Decisions, they shape our destiny. Decisions, they shape our destiny.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: A woman nearby fell to her knees, sobbing. 'They say I can only choose one child for the ship. How can I choose? Please don't make me choose. A woman nearby fell to her knees, sobbing. 'They say I can only choose one child for the ship. How can I choose? Please don't make me choose.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I've got a business to run. Elmo's bringing over a new bed frame. Dora broke her's last night. That girl should be in a side show, not a whorehouse. I've got a business to run. Elmo's bringing over a new bed frame. Dora broke her's last night. That girl should be in a side show, not a whorehouse.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: your shoes are carrying your most valuable possession - your life. Do not delay. Everything else can be replaced, your shoes are carrying your most valuable possession - your life. Do not delay. Everything else can be replaced,
Ruta Sepetys quotes: My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end. My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I had said too much. He was giving me the look. I hated the look. It was the "You've had it tough, huh, kid?" look. It made me feel pathetic. I had said too much. He was giving me the look. I hated the look. It was the "You've had it tough, huh, kid?" look. It made me feel pathetic.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: A wrongdoing doesn't give us the rifht to do wrong. A wrongdoing doesn't give us the rifht to do wrong.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward. You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: You see, fear is a hunter. It encircles us when we are unarmed and least expect it. And then we are forced to make decisions. You see, fear is a hunter. It encircles us when we are unarmed and least expect it. And then we are forced to make decisions.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Massachusetts has no idea what's coming for them. I bet you'll be the first Mae West they've ever had. Massachusetts has no idea what's coming for them. I bet you'll be the first Mae West they've ever had.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: And there Emilia rests. She is safe. She is loved. Affectionately, Clara Christensen And there Emilia rests. She is safe. She is loved. Affectionately, Clara Christensen
Ruta Sepetys quotes: I leapt eagerly into books. The characters' lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own. I leapt eagerly into books. The characters' lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Seagulls were the souls of dead soldiers. Owls were the souls of women. Doves were the recently departed souls of unmarried girls. Was Seagulls were the souls of dead soldiers. Owls were the souls of women. Doves were the recently departed souls of unmarried girls. Was
Ruta Sepetys quotes: the poet Emerson said that when we have worn out our shoes, the strength of the journey has passed into our body. the poet Emerson said that when we have worn out our shoes, the strength of the journey has passed into our body.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: A tiny sliver of gold appeared between shades of gray on the horizon. A tiny sliver of gold appeared between shades of gray on the horizon.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Was it harder to die, or harder to be the one who survived? Was it harder to die, or harder to be the one who survived?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Writers of historical fiction would be lost without libraries and archives. Writers of historical fiction would be lost without libraries and archives.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: 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. 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 quotes: They chose hope over hate and showed the world that even through the darkest night, there is light. They chose hope over hate and showed the world that even through the darkest night, there is light.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: We're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell. We're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be taken by anybody else, these pages must be shown. Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be taken by anybody else, these pages must be shown.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: The recruit was screaming. Veins bulged in his neck. His mouth contorted as he summoned all of his strength to roar one, single word. Joana. The recruit was screaming. Veins bulged in his neck. His mouth contorted as he summoned all of his strength to roar one, single word. Joana.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: They drink like fish and ask the most probing questions.""Welcome to the South." Patrick laughed. They drink like fish and ask the most probing questions."
"Welcome to the South." Patrick laughed.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Killers aren't always assassins. Sometimes, they don't even have blood on their hands. Killers aren't always assassins. Sometimes, they don't even have blood on their hands.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: A thing of beauty is a joy forever . . . it will never pass into nothingness. A thing of beauty is a joy forever . . . it will never pass into nothingness.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: No Son [ ... ] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul. No Son [ ... ] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul.
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Can it really be so hard to die? Can it really be so hard to die?
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Fear is a hunter. But Fear is a hunter. But
Ruta Sepetys quotes: Did you ever wonder what a human life is worth? Did you ever wonder what a human life is worth?

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