"I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering."

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Ruta Sepetys

#Suffering Quotes #Way Quotes #Theme Quotes

“Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The mind is the standard of the man.”
“Dogs would make totally incompetent criminals. If you could somehow get a group of dogs to understand the concept of the Kennedy assassination, they would all immediately confess to it. Whereas you'll never see a cat display any kind of guilty behavior, despite the fact that several cats were seen in Dallas on the grassy knoll area, not that I wish to start rumors.”
“Do not desire your neighbor's wife in vain.”
“You don't realize 'till you get here what a moment in history you're a part of.”
“In my work, and in my psyche, there's some very sentimental, traditional, conventional side that's always in argument with a more radical, sarcastic side. Some of my stories are really sentimental, but they're layered over with weird, satirical stuff.”
“Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equalled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism.”
“I come from the school of being (stereotyped) since I was five years old. And I know that I should not be putting my personal issues on the table or letting them effect my work.”
“I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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