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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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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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Most people, if they were generous, were so because they thought life was short and that one must make the most of it. Sid Baxter was generous because he knew that life was long. It went on and on even when you had no use for it anymore. It was happiness, not life, that was short, and when it visited - in the form of a fine evening spent talking with a friend - he honoured it.

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Talking, Long, People

Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Winter Rose”, p.540, Bloomsbury Publishing

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Stop yelling. If everyone’s yelling, no one can be heard.

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Yelling, Heard, Ifs

Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.262, Bloomsbury Publishing

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Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy.

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Sleep, Guy, Listening

Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.114, Bloomsbury Publishing

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The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.

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Stupid, Goes On, World

Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.444, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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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.

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Knows, Felt, One Thing

Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.215, 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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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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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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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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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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He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and bones and muscle and gut, softened and melted from the heat of him.

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Strong, Heart, Necks

Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “A Gathering Light”, p.135, Bloomsbury Publishing

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

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Asks

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