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“They're asking everyone for their name and information. They say we're going to Sassnitz, on the German island of Rügen.' She squeezed my hand.
I bent over and kissed the top of her head. I then leaned back against the wall and closed my eyes.
My name and information.
Who was I?
I looked down at Joana and the children.
Who did I want to be?”
― Salt to the Sea
I bent over and kissed the top of her head. I then leaned back against the wall and closed my eyes.
My name and information.
Who was I?
I looked down at Joana and the children.
Who did I want to be?”
― Salt to the Sea
“My war had been so long, my winter so cold. But i had made it home. And for the first time in a long time, i was not afraid.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
“I wanted to stay locked away from the pain and destruction. I didn't want to be strong. I didn't want to be the 'smart girl'. I was so very tired. I just wanted it all to be over.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
“I knew the legends of the birds. Seagulls were the souls of dead soldiers. Owls were the souls of women. Doves were the recently departed souls of unmarried girls.
Was there a bird for the souls of people like me?”
― Salt to the Sea
Was there a bird for the souls of people like me?”
― Salt to the Sea
“Abandoned or separated from their families, they were forced to battle the beast of war on their own, left with an inheritance of heartache and resposibility for events they had no rile in causing.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
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