Blindness Quote by Ruta Sepetys

““The soldier stared at Ingrid. His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck.””

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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 a child in Detroit and terrors chased me, I would run to my hiding spot, a crawl space under the front porch of the boardinghouse we lived in. I’d wedge my small body into the cool…

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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 time in months, I cried. Tears popped from their dry sockets and sailed down my cheeks in one quick stream. I looked away. The NKVD called the bald man's name. "Look at me," whispered Andrius, moving…

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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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