Top 10 Best I Must Betray You Quotes by Ruta Sepetys from the Book

I Must Betray You is a book that cover Romanian communism and its take down. It is always weird to read how a man can gain so much power. Reflecting back, you can clearly see the how people were made fool. Yet, it happens again and again.

But here are several I Must Betray You Quotes from the book to see how fear works.

Best I Must Betray You Quotes

How could we expect others to feel our pain or hear our cries for help when all we could do was whisper?

Good luck comes at a price. Bad luck is free.

As the saying goes, better to die standing than live kneeling.

“This never knowing, it weakens us,” Bunu would say. “It’s a form of control. They know exactly what they’re doing.”

Just remember, Pui, good luck comes at a price. Bad luck is free.

Ruta Sepetys Quotes

Mistrust is a form of terror. The regime pits us against one another.

What is the cost of self-worth?

The State controls the amount of food we eat, our electricity, our transportation, the information we receive.

We were marked “present” in attendance but were often absent from ourselves.

If communism is Paradise, why do we need barriers, walls, and laws to keep people from escaping?

I didn’t yet know that sometimes in outwitting others, we accidentally outwit ourselves.

Best I Must Betray You Quotes

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