Jennifer Donnelly Quotes - Page 4

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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.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Cutting

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.190, Bloomsbury Publishing

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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.

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  Promise, Principles, I Promise

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• Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?

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  Men, Heartache, Needs

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.156, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Because in a small dark room, a broken child lies on a filthy bed and stares up at a high window. He waits for me, too. And I—I who have failed at everything and have failed everyone—I must not, I cannot, I will not fail him.

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  Children, Lying, Dark

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.142, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Why do you write?' Because I love words and stories so much. Because I would be grief stricken every day of my life if I couldn't write. Because I'm obsessed and compelled. Because I'd be utterly useless at anything else.

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  Grief, Writing, Would Be

  Jennifer Donnelly (2007). “The Tea Rose: A Novel”, p.561, Macmillan

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• But his words fall away. He looks confused. He looks flustered and sorry. Like you do when you run up to someone you think you know and take her arm and she turns around and you were wrong.

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  Running, Sorry, Confused

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.37, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.

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  Beautiful, People, Auras

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.42, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I was only glad to be saved and never once thought to ask why.

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  Glad, Saved, Asks

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.229, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• 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.

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  Blue, White, Feet

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.190, Bloomsbury Publishing

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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.

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  Strong, Men, Noise

  Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Tea Rose”, p.334, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Becuse God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.

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  Devil, God Love, Interest

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.245, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I grew up on a mixed diet of mass and class, and I still read that way. I hate it when people apologize for what they read. Some bestsellers aren't exactly literary. So what? They're fun and rip-roaring, Who instituted the book police and why do we have to answer them? Grrrrr!

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  Fun, Hate, Rip

  Jennifer Donnelly (2007). “The Tea Rose: A Novel”, p.560, Macmillan

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• I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is.

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  Love, Kings, Heart

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.104, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• He's wearing boots, a kilt, and a long-sleeve tee. No coat, even though it's December. Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.

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  Beautiful, Long, People

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.42, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Never take what's offered, always ask for more.

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  Asks

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• I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.

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  Roles, Too Late, Actors

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.148, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Cry your grief to God. Howl to the heavens. Tear your shirt. Your hair. Your flesh. Gouge out your eyes. Carve out your heart. And what will you get from Him? Only silence. Indifference. But merely stand looking at the playbills, sighing because your name is not on them, and the devil himself appears at your elbow full of sympathy and suggestions. And that's why I did it....Because God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.

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  Grief, Heart, Eye

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.245, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Only the hopeless love God.

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  Hopeless, God Love, Hopeless Love

  Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.243, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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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.

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  Mom, Dad, Home

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.26, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I struggled for a long time to get anything published.

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  Long, Long Time

  "Donnelly's Light Shines". Interview with Shannon Maughan, www.publishersweekly.com. May 12, 2003.

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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.

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  Dream, Soulmate, Flesh

  Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Tea Rose”, p.53, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.

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  Matter, Lasts, Arguing

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• I will rain down silver and gold for you. I will shatter the black night, break it open, and pour out a million stars. Turn away from the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes and know that I am here. That I remember and hope. Open your eyes and look at the light.

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  Stars, Pain, Rain

  FaceBook post by Jennifer Donnelly from Jul 04, 2016

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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.

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  Thinking, Boys, Littles

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.178, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Her grey eyes sparkled with passion as she spoke. Sid looked into them and for a second he glimpsed her soul. He saw what she was - fierce and brave. Upright. Impatient. And good. So good that she would sit covered in gore, shout at dangerous men, and keep a long, lonely vigil - all to save the likes of him. He realized she was a rare creature, as rare as a rose in winter.

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  Lonely, Eye, Passion

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