Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

"...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell."

"I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness."

"Good men are often more practical than pretty "said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both."

"How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he have liked me"