"Between Shades of Gray" Quotes
A young girl and her family endure the horrors of Soviet labor camps during World War II.
historical fiction | 344 pages | Published in 2011
Quotes
Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.
Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.
Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.
I would always remember that smile. From heaven, it would light the world forever.
We were a shadow of a family. Father was a machine, Mother was a bird, and I was a scrap of gauze.
Fear is a hunter.
The emotion I felt was not simple sadness. It was something much deeper. The emotions I felt were ancient. I had known them before. The despair was almost comforting. I didn’t know what was to come, but it had to be horrible.
I closed my eyes and prayed for an end to my journey. I prayed not to see the faces of the dead.
We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean.
Out of the ash, I rise with my red hair. And I eat men like air.





