“ My sisters and I sit together on a pair of suitcases. If we've forgotten anything, it's already too late -- our rooms have all been sealed and photographed. Anyway, Tatiana would say it's bad luck to… Sarah Miller
“ I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-… Sarah Miller
“ It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens. Sarah Miller
“ We should be used to it, Tatiana reasons. There have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were satin ribbons or iron rails. Sarah Miller
“ Maria cries unashamedly on my shoulder while I whisper and pet her cheek, but Anastasia grips my other hand and stares fiercely back at our Alexander Palace with her wet blue eyes until it is no more… Sarah Miller
“ We must all learn to do things we don’t want to do. You may be afraid, but you may not let your fear chase you away from what must be done. Sarah Miller
“ How much of what they loved in her was real, and how much was fashioned from what they envisioned her to be? Sarah Miller
“ If people would only do me justice that is all I ask, but it seems as if every word I have uttered has been distorted and such a false construction placed on it that I am bewildered. I can't understan… Sarah Miller
“ I spend a lot of time trying to convince myself that nothing really matters except being alive. Sarah Miller
“ There ought to have been layer cakes, and cookies, and squiggles of boiled sugar candy, Caroline thought as she sat vigil by the bake oven. Swedish crackers, vinegar pie, dried apple pie. The cabin sh… Sarah Miller
“ Be thankful for what is given. Caroline heard the words in her mother’s voice. No matter if it is not enough, be thankful. Sarah Miller
“ All our luxuries won't keep some men from dying -- it can only be a matter of time until I see it happen -- but in our lazaret death will creep silently onto the operating table or nestle between clea… Sarah Miller
“ Author’s Note Caroline is a marriage of fact and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s fiction. I have knowingly departed from Wilder’s version of events only where the historical record stands in contradiction to h… Sarah Miller
