Melek

“I became good at pretending. I became so good that after a while the lines blurred between my truth and fiction. And sometimes, when I did a really good job of pretending, I even fooled myself.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“I get too self-conscious. Especially about things that mean a lot to me. I feel like if I hold things close, never share, then I never give anyone the opportunity to judge me.”
― Kasie West, P.S. I Like You

“Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea