"Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemyâ€”love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit."

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Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.213, Penguin

Ruta Sepetys

#Country Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“O thou child of many prayers! Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares! Care and age come unawares!”
“Before doing any interviews I like to know who I'm meeting with and get a bit of an idea of their sensibilities.”
“Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.”
“Everyone in Seattle is a total ***** when it comes to snow. The whole city shut down, the place looked like an apocalyptic movie.”

Source : "Listen: New Walkmen: 'Heaven'". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. April 16, 2012.
“Like everyone else in this world, I have had struggles. There's disappointment and obstacles in everybody's life. I feel like I was writing 'Second Chance' not just for myself, but also for the people who have struggled.”
“I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss.”
“I think that you have to seriously have fun, or taking serious things in a light way and obviously, for me, before all, music is made of fun and pleasure and excitement.”

Source : Danish "Monitor" radio programme interview, November 30, 2005.
“Conversion is a very, very important part of what you are doing. We will have a responsibility to report to Heavenly Father regarding those we bring into the Church.”

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