“ Mother, why are you breaking your beautiful things?' I asked...'Because I love them so much. Ruta Sepetys
“ 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
“ I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own. Ruta Sepetys
“ They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit. 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
“ 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… Ruta Sepetys
“ Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both. Ruta Sepetys
“ Killers aren't always assassins. Sometimes, they don't even have blood on their hands. Ruta Sepetys
