"On those nights, the words were for me……" — Jennifer Donnelly
"On those nights, the words were for me alone. They came up unbidden from my heart. They spilled over my tongue and spilled out my mouth. And because of them, I, who was nothing and nobody, was a prince of Denmark, a maid of Verona, a queen of Egypt. I was a sour misanthrope, a beetling hypocrite, a conjurer's daughter, a mad and murderous king."
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106 Quotes by Jennifer Donnelly
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Make them care, Mattie,' she said softly. 'And don't you ever be sorry.' -Emily Wilcox
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