The fact that Cincinnati thought I resembled him in any way sickened me. It made me want to run and hide. When I was a child in Detroit and terrors chased me, I would run to my hiding spot, a crawl space under the front porch of the boardinghouse we lived in. I’d wedge my small body into the cool brown earth and lie there, escaping the ugliness that was inevitably going on above me. I’d plug my ears with my fingers and hum to block out the remnants of Mother’s toxic tongue or sharp backhand. It became a habit, humming, and a decade later, I was still doing it. Life had turned cold again, the safety of the cocoon under the porch was gone, and lying in the dirt had become a metaphor for my life.
Ruta SepetysThe characters' lives were so much more interesting than the lonely hearbeat of my own
Ruta SepetysStichwörter: reading books out-of-the-easy
Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.
Ruta SepetysStichwörter: humor dark shades gray ruta sepetys
They got everything money can buy, their bank accounts are fat, but they ain't happy. They ain't ever gonna be happy. You know why? They soul broke. And money can't fix that, no sir.
Ruta SepetysStichwörter: life-and-living
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.
Ruta SepetysStichwörter: goodness hope hopelessness
Better that he gets used to it,' he said.
Used to what, the feeling of uncontrolled anger? Or a sadness so deep, like your very core has been hollowed out and fed back to you from a dirty bucket?
They have a baby grand piano, but no one in the family plays. They have shelves of books they've never read, and the tension between the couples was so thick it nearly choked us.
Ruta SepetysBut wasn't there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn't seem fair.
Ruta SepetysStichwörter: family parents children family-relationships
I stared at the enormous homes, the landscaping and flower beds immaculate. It was as if dollar bills, instead of leaves, hung from the trees.
Ruta SepetysStichwörter: wealth
A guilty conscience is not worth extra food.
Ruta SepetysStichwörter: inspirational-attitude
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