Between Shades Of Gray Quotes

“...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“That doesn't make him a hero. Our country is doomed, don't you see? Our fate is death, no matter whose hands we fall into.”
― Rutha Sepetys

“It grey louder. Louder. They were singing, singing at the top of their lungs. Andrius joined, and then my brother and the gray-haired man. And finally, the bald man joined in, singing out national anthem. 'Lithuania, land of heroes...”
― Rutha Sepetys

“the thing that was between you and me,
there was something between you and me...
words cannot express what was between you and me
no one can feel what was between you and me
but there was something between you and me
the thing that was between you and me...”
― Avijeet Das

“It was at gunpoint that I fell into every hope and allowed myself to wish from the deepest parts of my heart. Komorov thought he was torturing us. But we were escaping into the stillness within ourselves. We found strength there.”
― Rutha Sepetys

“Thieves and prostitutes. Our mothers were in that car, along with a teacher, a librarian, elderly people, and a newborn baby - thieves and prostitutes.”
― Rutha Sepetys

“Suomalaisia. Olin unohtanut Suomen. Muistin sen illan, kun tohtori Seltzer oli tullut meille tapaamaan isää.
"Se on vain kolmenkymmenen kilometrin päässä Leningradista, Jelena", tohtori Seltzer oli sanonut äidille. "Stalin haluaa suojautua länttä vastaan."
"Ryhtyvätkö suomalaiset neuvotteluihin?" äiti kysyi.
"Suomalaiset ovat vahvaa kansaa. He taistelevat", tohtori Seltzer sanoi.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“Pathetic, and yet I survive. Surely, my survival is my punishment. That has to be it. This woman closes her eyes and she is gone. I’ve wished for death since the first day, and yet I survive. Can it really be so hard to die?”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray