Jennifer Donnelly: Trending quotes

“Whatever you do or dream you can do—begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”

“I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you.”

“Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins.”

“Sometimes, when you catch someone unaware at just the right time and in just the right light, you can catch sight of what they will be.”

“Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.”

“Life’s all about the revolution, isn’t it? The one inside, I mean. You can’t change history. You can’t change the world. All you can ever change is yourself.”

“I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it's stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can.”

“For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”

“There is only one thing I fear now-love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us.”

“Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.”

“Stop yelling. If everyone’s yelling, no one can be heard.”

“Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard.”

“History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about the past.”

“Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.”

“Turn away. From the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes and look at the light.”

“Cripes Miss Wilcox, they're not guns,' I said.
No, they're not Mattie, they're books. And a hundred times more dangerous.”

“She's got a big belt around her hips. It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.”

“Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy.”

“We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.”