"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."
"...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell."
"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"
"Good men are often more practical than pretty "said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both."