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“What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“My husband, Andrius, says that evil will rule until good men or women choose to act. I believe him. This testimony was written to create an absolute record, to speak in a world where our voices have been extinguished. These writing may shock or horrify you, but that is not my intention. It is my greatest hope that the pages in this jar stir your deepest well of human compassion. I hope they prompt you to do something, to tell somone. Only then can we ensure that this kind of evil is never allowed to repeat itself.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“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

“You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray