Katie

“Take comfort that this silence is not yours alone, Teresa. In the fields, across the mountains, under the streets, and beneath the trees lie thousands of souls, condemned to silence. But one day, far into the future when the pain is less sharp, the voices of the dead will find harmony with the living. They will make a melody. Listen for the music, Teresa. I sing for you, my children, and for the better day I know will come.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“There is a tension that exists between history and memory, señor. Some of us are desperate to preserve and remember, while others are desperate to forget.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“To Fuga, the past no longer exists. The future is yet to exist. Fuga pledges loyalty to the “is,” not the “if.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“When he asks Fuga about his stillness, his friend shrugs and says, “El momento.” The moment. To Fuga, the past no longer exists. The future is yet to exist. Fuga pledges loyalty to the “is,” not the “if.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence