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Ruta Sepetys Biography

Ruta Sepetys (also known as Rūta Šepetys; born November 19, 1967) is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction. As an author, she is a #1 New York Times bestseller, international bestseller, and winner of the Carnegie Medal.

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Andrius, I'm. . . scared. " He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.

Fear, Give, Giving, Scared, Turned

I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.

Anymore, Certain, Friend, New Orleans, Orleans, Wanted

Krasivaya. It means beautiful, but with strength. Unique.

Beautiful, Mean, Strength, Unique

Willie said normal was boring and that I should be grateful that I had a touch of spice. She said no one cared about boring people, and when they died, they were forgotten, like something that slips behind the dresser.

Cared, Grateful, People, Said, Spices, Willie

Some things just won’t go away, no matter how hard you scrub.

Away, Going Away, Hard, Matter, Wont

But wasn't there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn't seem fair.

Kids, Parent, Parents, Said, Sort

What was life asking of me? How could I respond when I didn't know the question?

Asking, Know, Knows, Life, Question, Respond

You like me, Josie Moraine. You just don't know it yet.

Josie, Know, Knows, Like, Like Me, Moraine

My art teacher had said that if you breathed deeply and imagined something, you could be there. You could see it, feel it. During our standoffs with the NKVD, I learned to do that. I clung to my rusted dreams during the times of silence. It was at gunpoint that I fell into every hope and allowed myself to wish from the deepest part of my heart. Komorov thought he was torturing us. But we were escaping into a stillness within ourselves. We found strength there.

Art, Deepest, Deeply, Dream, Dreams, Teacher

If I poured all the lies I had told into the Mississippi, the river would rise and flood the city.

Cities, City, Lies, Lying, Rise, Rivers

Charlie Marlowe never wrote horror, but somehow horror was writing Charlie Marlowe.

Charlie, Horror, Marlowe, Writing

My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with my husband.

Brother, Husband, Lines, Love, Plot Lines, Sister

We all laced together—a brothel madam, an English professor, a mute cook, a quadroon cabbie, and me, the girl carrying a bucket of lies and throwing them like confetti.

Cabbie, Carrying, Girl, Lying, Mute, Together

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy.

Book, Clumsy, Distinguished, Father, Kindness

Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.

Brother, Human, Morning, Pocket, Pockets, Watch

People I didn't know formed a circle around me, sheltering me from view. They escorted me safely back to our jurta, undetected. They didn't ask for anything. They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit. We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean. I realized that if we boosted one another, maybe we'd get a little closer.

Happy, Maybe, Ocean, Sky, Succeed, Views

A wrongdoing doesn't give us the right to do wrong.

Give, Giving, Right, Wrong, Wrongdoing

I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all.

Hatred, Heart, Planted, Roots, Seed

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way.

Clumsiness, Clumsy, Delivered, Kindness, Way

Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start.

Down, Ends, Important, Set, Sometimes, Thing

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