Jennifer Donnelly quotes - page 2

Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever? (Jennifer Donnelly)
I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it's stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can. View quote
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Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him. View quote
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Turn away. From the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes and look at the light. View quote
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Cripes Miss Wilcox, they're not guns,' I said. No, they're not Mattie, they're books. And a hundred times more dangerous. View quote
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History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about the past. View quote
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I just love historical fiction. View quote
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I struggled for a long time to get anything published. View quote
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The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not. View quote
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Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare? View quote
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She was his soulmate, as much a part of him as the very flesh and bone that made him. She was with him, in him, in everything he did. She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams. (Jennifer Donnelly)
A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping. View quote
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It has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe, Dad. You said you were looking for it. You told Mom you were. I found it for you so you don't have to look anymore. So you can come home at night. View quote
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Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow... And not fireworks, either. View quote
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I need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own. View quote
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And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts. View quote
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I play until my fingertips are raw. Until I rip a nail and bleed on the strings. Until my hands hurt so bad I forget my heart does. View quote
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When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can. View quote
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You, on the other hand, wish to know things. And no one can forgive a girl for that. View quote
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Men are the weak ones, luv. Didn't you know? Oh, you make a lot of noise, but its the women who are strong. Where it counts. In 'ere. View quote
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Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away. (Jennifer Donnelly)
There was a basket at her feet. She reached into it and lifted out the head of a young woman, a marquise. She wore Bourbon white to her death, but wears the tricolor now - white cheeks, blue lips, red dripping from her neck. Long live the revolution. View quote
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Sometimes, when you catch someone unaware at just the right time and in just the right light, you can catch sight of what they will be. View quote
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There is only one thing I fear now-love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us. View quote
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Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy. View quote
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