Jennifer Donnelly: Doing

Jennifer Donnelly is American writer. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

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

Jennifer Donnelly

Source: Deep Blue

“The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.”

Jennifer Donnelly book Revolution

Variant: It goes on, this world, stupid and brutal.
But I do not. do not.
Source: Revolution

“One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do. Massacres could never happen if it weren't for decent people.”

Jennifer Donnelly book Revolution

Source: Revolution

“I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.”

Jennifer Donnelly book Revolution

Source: Revolution

“I need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own.”

Jennifer Donnelly book Revolution

Source: Revolution

“That was what people did when they wanted to stop a girl from doing something—they shamed her.”

Jennifer Donnelly

Source: These Shallow Graves

“Why is it, she wondered now, that boys get to do things and be things and girls only get to watch?”

Jennifer Donnelly

Source: These Shallow Graves