She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams. — Jennifer Donnelly Dream Copy Share Image
“One must always steer clear of men who sweat when it isn't warm.” — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras keeping them warm.” — Jennifer Donnelly Auras Copy Share Image
“Lots of things are true. Doesn't mean you have to go around saying them.” — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“I'm so glad you're not dumb, Yaz," Neela said. Yazeed shot her a sidelong glance. " I thought you were going to… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished… — Jennifer Donnelly Candle Copy Share Image
“Isabelle had cut off her toes, but sometimes she could still feel them. Maman had cut out her heart. Sometimes, she could… — Jennifer Donnelly Heart Copy Share Image
“Weaver always says freedom is like Sloan's Liniment, always promising more than it delivers.” — Jennifer Donnelly Freedom Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when you catch someone unaware at just the right time and in just the right light, you can catch sight of… — Jennifer Donnelly Light Copy Share Image
“Quién iba a decirme que escuchar a un chico dormido podía ser mucho más profundo que dormir con un chico.” — Jennifer Donnelly Amor Copy Share Image
I listened as the words became sentences and the sentences became pages and the pages became feelings and voices and places and… — Jennifer Donnelly Feelings Copy Share Image
“Why isn’t real life like book life?” I asked, sitting down next to him. “Why aren’t people plain and uncomplicated?” — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
The feeling that you get… when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don't want it to, but… — Jennifer Donnelly Change Copy Share Image
“I did not want His cold love. I wanted human love—clasping, selfish, and hot. I wanted to smell the rank sweat of… — Jennifer Donnelly Human love Copy Share Image
“She smells of her cooking and the perfume Eau d'Hadrien. My mother wore it, too. She used to cook, like Lili. Our… — Jennifer Donnelly Historical fiction Copy Share Image
I grew up on a mixed diet of mass and class, and I still read that way. I hate it when people… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“As I turned to go, I nearly trod on the body of a young robin half hidden in the grass. Its wings… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
I love you, too... I won't ever leave you again. I promise. I kept that promise. For love him I did. For… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“I am. No doubt about it. I like humiliating Cooper. I like causing him pain. It feels good. It feels better than… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“It's a good thing you and your pills weren't around a few hundred years ago or there never would have been a… — Jennifer Donnelly Art Copy Share Image
“You learned good, Uncle Fifty," Lou said, shoveling beans onto her plate. "You get an A-plus. Will you teach Mattie how to… — Jennifer Donnelly Humor Copy Share Image
What I saw next stopped me dead in my tracks. Books. Not just one or two dozen, but hundreds of them. In… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
The world goes on, as stupid and brutal as tomorrow as it was today. And though I am shuddering with pain, and… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“Help the others believe, Serafina. Help Ling believe she can break through the silences. Help Neela believe her greatest power comes from… — Jennifer Donnelly Inspiration Copy Share Image
“There were nights when I got nothing, [but] I still played. With no one to hear me and no one to pay… — Jennifer Donnelly Joy Copy Share Image
Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first… — Jennifer Donnelly Book Copy Share Image
They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them.… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm. — Jennifer Donnelly Auras Copy Share Image
“It goes on, this world, stupid and brutal. But I do not. I do not.” — Jennifer Donnelly Brutal Copy Share Image
Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small. — Jennifer Donnelly Firelight Copy Share Image
Make them care, Mattie,' she said softly. 'And don't you ever be sorry.' -Emily Wilcox — Jennifer Donnelly Care Copy Share Image
“She was sorry for all the grim-tale girls locked in lonely towers. Trapped in sugar houses. Lost in the dark woods, with… — Jennifer Donnelly Isabelle Copy Share Image
“She wanted to scream her grief to the skies and wail like an animal, but she couldn't.” — Jennifer Donnelly Grief Copy Share Image
Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever? — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image