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Between Shades of Gray
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"Between Shades of Gray" Quotes

A young girl and her family endure the horrors of Soviet labor camps during World War II.

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Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.

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beautyawkwardness

Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.

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value of life

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.

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lovehuman spirit

I would always remember that smile. From heaven, it would light the world forever.

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We were a shadow of a family. Father was a machine, Mother was a bird, and I was a scrap of gauze.

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Fear is a hunter.

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fear

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.

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I closed my eyes and prayed for an end to my journey. I prayed not to see the faces of the dead.

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prayerhope

We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean.

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ambitionimpossible

Out of the ash, I rise with my red hair. And I eat men like air.

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strengthresilience