Mother Quotes by Ruta Sepetys

10 Mother quotes by Ruta Sepetys

Ruta Sepetys offers ten brief insights that draw on her historical storytelling, giving motherhood a grounded, empathetic voice that resonates across time.

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“Mother wrapped her arms around Jonas, kissing his hair.”

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“They were certainly a pair. Cincinnati in a dead man’s suit, Mother in a dead man’s wallet.”

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Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

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“Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some…

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“Patrick explained that your father is absent. What about your mother, dear?" Mother? Oh, she's in a dusty motel in California right…

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“Our sense of humor," said Mother, her eyes pooled with laughing tears. "They can't take that away from us, right?”

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“We know us,” said Mother. “They’re wrong. And don’t ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?”

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“But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us," I said. "We know us," said Mother. "They're…

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One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. “Don’t hate her, Jo,” he told me. “Feel sorry…

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“One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. “Don’t hate her, Jo,” he told me. “Feel sorry…

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“I didn’t agree with Cokie. It wasn’t just rich folks. Mother was soul broke, too.”

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“What if this is a horrible mistake?" I croaked. "Oh, it'll be horrible fine, just a bunch of pretentious rich people with shelves of…

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“There was no ‘Miss Woodley.’ There was Willie. Willie was about life, and she grabbed it by the balls. Y’all know that. She loved…

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“The fact that Cincinnati thought I resembled him in any way sickened me. It made me want to run and hide. When I was…

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“Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.”

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“War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.”

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I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.

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“Andrius turned. His eyes found mine. "I'll see you," he said. My face didn't wrinkle. I didn't utter a sound. But for the first…

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“Some wars are about bombing. For the people of the Baltics, this war was about believing. In 1991, after fifty years of brutal occupation,…

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“I don't want to see no dead body. Willie ain't in there. She put her walkin' shoes on. She gone to see the Lord.”

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“They drink like fish and ask the most probing questions." "Welcome to the South." Patrick laughed.”

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“That’s a good hustle,” I told him. “We both got a little hustle, don’t we?” He pulled on his jacket. “But I like to…

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Andrius, I'm...scared." He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.

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Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.

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Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.

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