Ruta Sepetys Quotes

Life drew me and I followed it.

Not just whether but how we find our way truly matters.

I'm still finding my way, and I made a lot of mistakes.

Never to get lost is not to live, not to know how to get lost brings you to destruction.

There are no wrong roads to anywhere.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.

They say the open road helps you think. About where you've been and where you're going.

I'm still exploring in a lot of ways. I don't know myself completely.

Uncertainty is the necessary companion of all explorers.

I'll never know - I'll never profess to know - anything anywhere near it all. It'sall a journey - life, work, and relationships. Mistakes and learning, and learning not to make your mistakes again.

Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while.

Writing is a journey into the unknown.

I always tell people go see something you don't know about. Something you didn't read a ton about on the internet. Something that you don't know what's going to happen because I think that kind of pleasure of finding something new and discovering it, creates a hunger in you.

If you don't have a plan, you can end up doing some interesting things.

Being lost is worth the being found.

I believe if I knew where I was going, I'd lose my way.

But I shall follow the endless, winding way, — the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.

There is no road, the road is made by walking.

The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

To a frog that's never left his pond, the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he's giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. "I can't explain where I live, but someday I'll take you there."

We make the path by walking.

To force yourself out of the comfort zone, the main ingredient is trying to work in a world where you haven't been before, that you don't know the rules of. And that involves a lot of research, so you begin to see where the other people have been, but you are starting from as vulnerable and as low a point as possible.