Ruta Skadi Quotes

Tirelessly they flew on and on, and tirelessly she kept pace. She felt a fierce joy possessing her, that she could command these immortal presences. And she rejoiced in her blood and flesh, in the rough pine bark she felt next to her skin, in the beat of her heart and the life of all her senses, and in the hunger she was feeling now, and in the presence of her sweet-voiced bluethroat daemon, and in the earth below her and the lives of every creature, plant and animal both; and she delighted in being of the same substance as them, and in knowing that when she died her flesh would nourish other lives as they had nourished her. ~ Philip Pullman

I didn't agree with Cokie. It wasn't just rich folks. Mother was soul broke, too. ~ Ruta Sepetys

He said nothing, just pulled me down into his lap and wrapped his arms around me. ~ Ruta Sepetys

I wished I had a friend in the Quarter, someone like Charlotte. Someone I could share secrets with, collapse on her bedroom floor, and spill my guts about Patrick to. I saw so many girls walking arm in arm, laughing, an inexplicable closeness and comfort that they had a protector and confidante. They had someone they could count on. ~ Ruta Sepetys

I took several trips to New Orleans and met with people who had intimate knowledge of the underbelly of the city in the 1950s. The meetings were both fascinating and terrifying. ~ Ruta Sepetys

They have a baby grand piano, but no one in the family plays. They have shelves of books they've never read, and the tension between the couples was so thick it nearly choked us. ~ Ruta Sepetys

She is you, she is your mother, your father, your country. She is Poland. ~ Ruta Sepetys

For some reason, my hair always looked best right before bed, and what good was that? ~ Ruta Sepetys

You love stories, Emilia. Well, the trees hold hundreds of years of stories. Think of it, everything these trees have seen and felt. All of the secrets are inside of them. ~ Ruta Sepetys

Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy - love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit. ~ Ruta Sepetys

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

The old man nodded. "There's a saying, 'Death hath a thousand doors to let out life; I shall find one.' We all have a door that waits. I know that. I accept it. But the children. That's what I struggle with. ~ Ruta Sepetys

He wanted to know something about me. I leaned over and put my mouth to his ear. It was barely a whisper.
'I'm a murderer. ~ Ruta Sepetys

What determines how we remember history and which elements are preserved and penetrate the collective consciousness? If historical novels stir your interest, pursue the facts, history, memories, and personal testimonies available. These are the shoulders that historical fiction sits upon. When the survivors are gone we must not let the truth disappear with them. Please, give them a voice. ~ Ruta Sepetys

How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky. ~ Ruta Sepetys

This is your time, Dan. Grab it and run. Do the stuff you see in the movies. It's the stuff no one gets to do. But you can do it, Matheson. I don't want you calling me in ten years whining that you should have done this and should have done that. As the saying goes, it's later than you think. ~ Ruta Sepetys

My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end. ~ Ruta Sepetys

When I'm going to events, I like Armani because I think they do a cross between my relaxed rocky feel and a really smart elegant look really well. ~ Ruta Gedmintas

What was creepier, a man who loved clip-on ties or a girl who kept a log of fantasy fathers hidden in her desk drawer? ~ Ruta Sepetys

Thieves and prostitutes. Our mothers were in that car, along with a teacher, a librarian, elderly people, and a newborn baby - thieves and prostitutes. ~ Ruta Sepetys

Charlie Marlowe never wrote horror, but somehow horror was writing Charlie Marlowe. ~ Ruta Sepetys

I managed to escape the NKVD while sitting right in front of them. ~ Ruta Sepetys

Those memories, they are the coals that shield my heart from frost. ~ Ruta Sepetys

Fate is a hunter. Engines ~ Ruta Sepetys

Ships capacity: 1,463
Passengers on board: 10,573
Lifeboats: 22
But then I remembered.
Ten of the lifeboats were missing ~ Ruta Sepetys

I love Between shades of gray ~ Ruta Sepetys

She held her breath in one hand and her suitcase in the other. ~ Ruta Sepetys

We all laced together - a brothel madam, an English professor, a mute cook, a quadroon cabbie, and me, the girl carrying a bucket of lies and throwing them like confetti. ~ Ruta Sepetys

The Wilhelm Gustloff was pregnant with lost souls conceived of war. They would crowd into her belly and she would give birth to their freedom. ~ Ruta Sepetys

Yet amidst all that, life has spit in the eye of death. ~ Ruta Sepetys

'Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable. ~ Susan Campbell Bartoletti

I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all. ~ Ruta Sepetys

One wonders how much real conversation there is when one party does not, in many districts, have to contend for the votes of minorities, and the other can only elevate minorities into positions of power when the political wind is blowing in its direction. ~ Garrance Franke-Ruta

Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. ~ Ruta Sepetys

We pushed to the edge of recklessness, yet I felt safe. ~ Ruta Sepetys

I don't want to see no dead body. Willie ain't in there. She put her walkin' shoes on. She gone to see the Lord. ~ Ruta Sepetys