Dana

“How could we expect others to feel our pain or hear our cries for help when all we could do was whisper?”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

“Paradise: If communism is Paradise, why do we need barriers, walls, and laws to keep people from escaping?”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

“You’re wrong. They steal our power by making us believe we don’t have any. They’re controlling us through our own fear.”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

“Sorrow. Anger. An expanse of emptiness that takes form as a separate entity living inside of you. It digs, takes root, and dwells there. And somehow, you know that even if it worms its way out, there will be no relief. If it leaves, there will be nothing left but charred remains, like the inside of a house torched by fire.”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You