Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades Of Gray 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.
You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.
Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.
They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit.
Mother, why are you breaking your beautiful things?' I asked...'Because I love them so much.
But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us, " I said."We know us, " said Mother. "They're wrong. And don't ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?
Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.
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.
We'd be trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean. I realize that if we boosted one another, maybe we'd get a little closer.
You stand for what is right, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.