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The Road Beyond Ruin QUOTES

The Road Beyond Ruin QUOTES

1 " I did hate once, but hate now lives in the past. And I prefer to remember the past, not live in it. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

2 " Children are simply incomplete adults, he would say. It is important to help complete them, not treat them like imbeciles. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

3 " I don’t want to go home,” whispers Michal, and his eyes begin to water. And Stefano is wondering about the dark places that the boy has called home. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

4 " I used to pray all autumn, winter, and spring for summer to come sooner. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

5 " Yes, he has sent some good news. Adolf Hitler has won. His party will now run Germany unchallenged.” “Why is that good, Mutti?” “Because he will help the people who are struggling to put food on their tables. He will put a stop to foreigners living here and taking our jobs. And he will protect us from those who seek to feud with Germany. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

6 " small. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

7 " He looks at the boy and wonders at the power of children that he has never known before. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

8 " And I prefer to remember the past, not live in "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

9 " the time she reached the familiar track. She passed the clearing near the river where Georg had played with her and Monique, "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

10 " Despite everything she was given, despite being on the winning side, she was freely making a choice; something that most had accepted was no longer available to them. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

11 " Erich says nothing. His feelings toward his former führer are mixed. One cannot suddenly dismiss a loyalty that has been bred, then fed and nurtured until it has become part of one’s blood. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

12 " Because he will help the people who are struggling to put food on their tables. He will put a stop to foreigners living here and taking our jobs. And he will protect us from those who seek to feud with Germany. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

13 " And then came the lies, the poisonous lies. Rosalind didn’t want to hear them. She had already "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

14 " Why her mother had seemed so bitter at times, Rosalind never really considered, until Monique brought it up when they were some years older. She concluded that there were those who were born with a frown and those born with a smile. And a little after that, Rosalind would realize that she was born with a frown also, that one’s nature was difficult to alter. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin

15 " These flags supposedly represented greatness, which was at odds with the lessening prosperous circumstances. "

― Gemma Liviero , The Road Beyond Ruin