Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

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.

Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.

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

...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.

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?

A guilty conscience is not worth extra food.

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.

Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.

I'm not leaving until you stop crying" he stated pulling me down so we were now laying on my bed facing each other

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.

I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career.

Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.

Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy.

He who analyses blitz is stupid.

If those of us in positions of responsibility fail to do everything in our power to protect the right of privacy, we risk something far more valuable than money. We risk our way of life.