Life Quotes Quote by Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Through hardship to the stars”

“I wanted to stay locked away from the pain and destruction. I didn't want to be strong. I didn't want to be the 'smart girl'. I was so very tired. I just wanted it all to be over.”

“War had bled color from everything, leaving nothing but a storm of gray.”

“What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?”

“The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.”

“Successful people have no fear of failure. But unsuccessful people do. Successful people have the resilience to face up to failure—learn the lessons and adapt from it.”

“But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.”

“Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.”

“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips; -- not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself.”