Yeah. Sure. My brother's dead. My mother's insame. Hey, let's have a crepe. — Jennifer Donnelly Brother Copy Share Image
“It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.” — Jennifer Donnelly Buckle Copy Share Image
He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. — Jennifer Donnelly Endure Copy Share Image
I was only glad to be saved and never once thought to ask why. — Jennifer Donnelly Glad Copy Share Image
“His suffering will teach him kindness and compassion. He’ll find his heart again.” — Jennifer Donnelly Compassion Copy Share Image
“How it grieves me to think that the world always wins... but it goes on, this world, stupid and brutal. But I… — Jennifer Donnelly Grieves Copy Share Image
Cripes Miss Wilcox, they're not guns,' I said. No, they're not Mattie, they're books. And a hundred times more dangerous. — Jennifer Donnelly Book Copy Share Image
There is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was. — Jennifer Donnelly Ghost Copy Share Image
It's only the body that's gone. Only the body. There's a part that doesn't go in the ground, a part that stays… — Jennifer Donnelly Body Copy Share Image
When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can. — Jennifer Donnelly Bravo Copy Share Image
Funny, 'ow you can 'old a jewel in your 'and, and toss it away, and not even know what you 'ad until… — Jennifer Donnelly Ads Copy Share Image
“<...> when a Chinese wished you ill, he would tell you, “May you live in interesting times.” — Jennifer Donnelly Interesting Copy Share Image
Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare? — Jennifer Donnelly Filled Copy Share Image
Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or… — Jennifer Donnelly Blind Copy Share Image
With 'A Northern Light,' I've already heard from teenage readers, teachers, librarians - it's been so gratifying. It's amazing that you can… — Jennifer Donnelly Amazing Copy Share Image
“The driver's on me in an instant. She's crying and trembling. She grabs the front of my jacket and shakes me. "You… — Jennifer Donnelly Crazy bitch Copy Share Image
He loves the sparkling fountains and their cascades and says the strangest things as he watches them. they look like stars breaking.… — Jennifer Donnelly Cascade Copy Share Image
“Go round cringing like a dog, Matt," he said, "and folks will treat you like one. Stand up like a man, and… — Jennifer Donnelly Like Man Copy Share Image
“Sera was beginning to see that love wasn't pretty words and easy promises. Love was hard. It challenged you and changed you.… — Jennifer Donnelly Love Copy Share Image
She was his soulmate, as much a part of him as the very flesh and bone that made him. She was with… — Jennifer Donnelly Bones Copy Share Image
He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and… — Jennifer Donnelly Bones Copy Share Image
On those nights, the words were for me alone. They came up unbidden from my heart. They spilled over my tongue and… — Jennifer Donnelly Daughter Copy Share Image
“Kindness is many things,” he said. “It is gentle. Tender. Tolerant. It is born of patience and faith. And sometimes, yes, it’s… — Jennifer Donnelly Animals Copy Share Image
“There were lives in those books, and deaths. Families and friends and lovers and enemies. Joy and despair, jealousy, envy, madness, and… — Jennifer Donnelly Book Copy Share Image
“I read it: "A man earned daily for 5 days and 3 times as much as he paid for his board, after… — Jennifer Donnelly Humor Copy Share Image
They leave things behind sometimes, the guests. A bottle of scent. A crumpled handkerchief. A pearl button that fell off a dress… — Jennifer Donnelly Bed Copy Share Image
“May Delano looked up from her book. “What’s a wayward girl?” she asked. Jo groaned. “Never mind,” Trudy said. “Tell me,” May… — Jennifer Donnelly Books Copy Share Image
And I knew in my bones that Emily Dickinson wouldn't have written even one poem if she'd had two howling babies, a… — Jennifer Donnelly Baby Copy Share Image
Who needs make-believe monsters when there are so many real ones. — Jennifer Donnelly Believe Copy Share Image
“Life is fragile. Life ends. But love? Love lives forever.” — Jennifer Donnelly Forever Copy Share Image
Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. — Jennifer Donnelly Crystal meth Copy Share Image
“Maybe his quietness masked a great and boiling soul.” — Jennifer Donnelly Quietness Copy Share Image
“It's a special key.' 'How so?' 'It has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe,… — Jennifer Donnelly Love Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, Belle, our troubles are too deep for words," Lumiere said. "It's at times like those when we need our friends the… — Jennifer Donnelly Friend Copy Share Image
Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy. — Jennifer Donnelly Deeper Copy Share Image
There is an advantage to be found in most everything that happens to you, even if it is not immediately apparent. — Jennifer Donnelly Advantage Copy Share Image
“She'd long ago learned that only those with something to lose were afraid of dying.” — Jennifer Donnelly Afraid Copy Share Image
