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“You think you know someone. And when you realize you're wrong, the humiliation steals something from you. Your mind becomes a thick forest of dark thoughts and you wonder; 'what else am I not seeing?”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

“The sensation of speaking up, speaking aloud instead of in whispers, it was euphoric. And you could sense that others felt it too.”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

“It isn’t the drug that causes the harmful behavior—it’s the environment. An isolated rat will almost always become a junkie. A rat with a good life almost never will, no matter how many drugs you make available to him. As Bruce put it: he was realizing that addiction isn’t a disease. Addiction is an adaptation. It’s not you—it’s the cage you live in.”
― Johann Hari, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

“Good luck comes at a price. Bad luck is free.”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You