Quotes by : Ruta Sepetys

War had bled color from everything, leaving nothing but a storm of gray.

Every nation has hidden history, countless stories preserved only by those who experienced them. Stories....

Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry....

What determines how we remember history and which elements are preserved and penetrate the collective....

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

You stand for what is right, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.

But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us," I said."We know us," said....

They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit.

A guilty conscience is not worth extra food.

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....