--- title: "1 People Survive Quotes By Jeanne DuPrau" description: "1 People Survive quotes by Jeanne DuPrau. Plus more from Jeanne DuPrau and more People Survive sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/jeanne-duprau-13032_cities_lina-couldn-t-sleep-at-first-thinking-of_1200460.jpg" --- > [Lina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. Someone, long ago, had hoped that at least a few people would survive and had wanted them to remember her city and the treasure it held,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/lina-couldn-t-sleep-at-first-thinking-of-the-old-songs-and-what-they/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/jeanne-duprau-13032_cities_lina-couldn-t-sleep-at-first-thinking-of_1200460.jpg) ## More by Jeanne DuPrau > [You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/you-know-son-i-don-t-think-there-s-such-a-thing-as-an-easy-life-there/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn't sleeping she tromped around the doctor's house pulling spoons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/poppy-was-now-almost-well-she-still-slept-more-than-usual-but-when/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about him she felt a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/now-doon-seemed-to-care-for-his-new-friends-more-than-he-did-for-her/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/the-trouble-with-anger-is-it-gets-hold-of-you-and-then-you-aren-t-the/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [“The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/the-trouble-with-anger-is-it-gets-hold-of-you-and-then-you-aren-t-the-2/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [“The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/the-trouble-with-anger-is-it-gets-hold-of-you-and-then-you-aren-t-the-3/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [“She flicked off the TV.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/she-flicked-off-the-tv/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [“Think about what it would mean to fight," he said. "Say we barricade ourselves here in the hotel and refuse to leave. They come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/think-about-what-it-would-mean-to-fight-he-said-say-we-barricade/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [“Lina had never seen anyone so disorganized as the doctor. She peeked into the medicine room once when the doctor was out and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/lina-had-never-seen-anyone-so-disorganized-as-the-doctor-she-peeked/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [People didn't make life, so they can't destroy it. Even if we were to wipe out every bit of life in the world, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/people-didn-t-make-life-so-they-can-t-destroy-it-even-if-we-were-to/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [“Just look at it!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/just-look-at-it/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [They lifted their faces to the astonishing warmth. The sky arched over them, a pale, clear blue. Lina felt as though a lid that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/they-lifted-their-faces-to-the-astonishing-warmth-the-sky-arched-over/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/he-says-i-m-beautiful-as-a-red-tomato/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [Mrs. Murdo, walkind even more briskly to keep her spirits up, was crossing Harken Square when something fell to the pavement just in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/mrs-murdo-walkind-even-more-briskly-to-keep-her-spirits-up-was/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) > [When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-duprau/when-someone-has-been-mean-to-you-why-would-you-want-to-be-good-to/) [Jeanne DuPrau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-duprau/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-survive/jeanne-duprau/#itemlist", "name": "1 People Survive Quotes By Jeanne DuPrau", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. 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