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I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering. (Ruta Sepetys)
My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with my husband. View quote
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New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions. It's a sensory experience on all levels and there's a story lurking around every corner. View quote
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You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward. View quote
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I took several trips to New Orleans and met with people who had intimate knowledge of the underbelly of the city in the 1950s. The meetings were both fascinating and terrifying. View quote
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I'm a binge writer. I work in the music business fulltime, in artist management and developing songwriters and recording artists, and so juggling my job I carve out as much time as I can on the weekends. View quote
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I took many trips down to New Orleans trying to experience the city as deeply as possible. I'm from Detroit so New Orleans seemed very exotic to me. View quote
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I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness. View quote
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I leapt eagerly into books. The characters' lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own. View quote
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Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy-love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit. View quote
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Decisions, they shape our destiny. (Ruta Sepetys)
Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start. View quote
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I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all. View quote
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People I didn't know formed a circle around me, sheltering me from view. They escorted me safely back to our jurta, undetected. They didn't ask for anything. They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit. We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean. I realized that if we boosted one another, maybe we'd get a little closer. View quote
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Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy. View quote
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Some things just won't go away, no matter how hard you scrub. View quote
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Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it. View quote
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Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch. View quote
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What was life asking of me? How could I respond when I didn't know the question? View quote
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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. View quote
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Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. There's love and emotion trying to express itself, but at the time, it just ends up being awkward. (Ruta Sepetys)
Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both. View quote
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If I poured all the lies I had told into the Mississippi, the river would rise and flood the city. View quote
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But wasn't there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn't seem fair. View quote
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We all laced together-a brothel madam, an English professor, a mute cook, a quadroon cabbie, and me, the girl carrying a bucket of lies and throwing them like confetti. View quote
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