Best 14 quotes in «salt to the sea quotes» category

But unlike Mama, I would not go to heaven. My secrets padlocked the gates. I'd be a torn kite stuck in the dead branches of a tree, unable to fly.

He wanted to know something about me. I leaned over and put my mouth to his ear. It was barely a whisper. 'I'm a murderer.

It's safer for you to stay with the others,' he said. Safer? He didn't realize. I was already dead.

No Son [. . .] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul.

My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end.

Perhaps tomorrow I would actually put pen to paper.

Revolting. If women were so careless to become pregnant at such a time, let women sort it out.

I didn't need his criticism. I carried enough guilt on my own. I had done everything wrong. I had the highest marks in school but couldn't master common sense.

Per aspera ad astra - През тръни към звездите

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

She must have been a nurse. She looked a few years older than me. Pretty. Naturally pretty, the type that's still attractive, even more so, when she's filthy.

The shoes always tell the story,' said the shoe poet. 'Not always,' I countered. 'Yes, always. Your boots, they are expensive, well made. That tells me that you come from a wealthy family. But the style is one made for and older woman. That tell me they probably belong to your mother. A mother sacrificed her boots for her daughter. That tells me you are loved, my dear. And your mother is not here, so that tells me that you are sad, my dear. The shoes tell the story.

War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.

We cannot be too cautious, Hannelore. Just because someone knocks on the door doesn't mean you have to open it. Sometimes, sweet girl, there are wolves at the door. If we are not careful, they might eat us.