Quote by Emily M. Danforth

“any time I spent with Ruth should be regarded as precious. War, after all, was everywhere.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“I have to blame myself for not finding any way of reaching him, but I can't feel that either Ruth or I had anything…

— Wallace Stegner

“Look at us. One bleeding body, one corpse, and a husk who's been half dead for years. No one who took an objective look…

— Sophie Hannah

“Ruth could have left me the carry-along case. Taking a boyfriend would have been enough for most. Not Ruth. She wanted luggage too.”

— Lucy-Anne Holmes

“Are you always this wise, Ruth?" "Only when it comes to other people's lives.”

— Paula McLain

“I didn't know till 15 that there was anyone in the world but me,and it cost me plenty.”

— Anonymous

“There was so much in the world to be had and not had.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“That night she again slept in the back of her brother’s car, hidden under her raincoat, afraid of the rats, of the police, and…

— Philip Carlo

“Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.”

— Sarah Sundin

“The old world had been consumed with the search for More Stuff. Now there was more stuff than anyone could ever use, and little…

— Dan Wells

“Ruth thought of a novel as a great, untidy house, a disorderly mansion; her job was to make the place fit to live in,…

— John Irving

“That's actually happened?' Ruth asked. 'Everything's happened,' the prostitute said.”

— John Irving