"I try to remind myself that we are……" — Jeanne DuPrau
"I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them."
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31 Quotes by Jeanne DuPrau
Jeanne DuPrau has 31 quotes on this site.
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What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new…
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Remember the city, the city remember Where treasure is hidden under the ground The city, the city, always remember That's…
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A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening...
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There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness…
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The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger…
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It’s for my God, the god of dogs, and snakes and dust mites and albino bears and Siamese twins, the…
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Mrs. Murdo, walkind even more briskly to keep her spirits up, was crossing Harken Square when something fell to the…
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It wasn't because they had extraordinary powers, really, but because of how well they used the ordinary powers everyone had:…
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She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrible brown jacket,…
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Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about…
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Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--
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When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to.…
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More Acceptance Quotes
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Confine yourself to the present.
— Marcus Aurelius
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
— Francis Bacon
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And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort…
— Alan Ball
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
— Pierre Bayle
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,…
— Melody Beattie
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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
— Josh Billings
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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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