Jennifer DonnellyCome on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.27, Bloomsbury Publishing361Sadness
Jennifer DonnellyThings are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing e… ▶373Thought
Jennifer DonnellyWe're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2014). The Tea Rose, p.271, Bloomsbury Publishing352Time
Jennifer DonnellyThe world goes on, as stupid and brutal as tomorrow as it was today. And though I am shuddering with pain, and twisting with pain, and sobbing with pain, i laugh.Because I know no… ▶374DeathHumorSadness
Jennifer DonnellyThe feeling that you get.... when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don't want it to, but you can't stop it. And you know, for the first time, that the… ▶364Time
Jennifer DonnellyOne 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 … ▶342Humanity
Jennifer DonnellyLittle by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2010). Revolution, p.172, Delacor… ▶364Reading
Jennifer DonnellyEvery heart is made of stories. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.54, Bloomsbury Publishing343Love
Jennifer DonnellyWell, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains … ▶365LifeReadingTruth
Jennifer DonnellyThe world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2010). Revolution, p.444, Delacorte Books for Young Readers343Reading
Jennifer DonnellyBravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2014). The Wild Rose, p.235, Bloomsbury Publishing322Truth
Jennifer DonnellyCripes Miss Wilcox, they're not guns,' I said. No, they're not Mattie, they're books. And a hundred times more dangerous. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). A Gathering Light, p.12… ▶377ReadingTime
Jennifer DonnellyMen are the weak ones, luv. Didn't you know? Oh, you make a lot of noise, but its the women who are strong. Where it counts. In 'ere. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2014). The Tea Ros… ▶322Thought
Jennifer DonnellyLife’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.355Life
Jennifer DonnellyI love you, too... I won't ever leave you again. I promise. I kept that promise. For love him I did. For nearly two years I spent almost every waking hour with him. Until he was t… ▶312LoveReading
Jennifer DonnellyThere is an advantage to be found in most everything that happens to you, even if it is not immediately apparent. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). A Gathering Light, p.145, Bloom… ▶356Humor
Jennifer DonnellyI 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. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). A Gathering Light, p.221, Bloom… ▶335Thought
Jennifer DonnellyYou are a ghost, Andi, she says. Almost gone. I look at her. I want to say something but I can't get the words out. She squeezes my hands. Come back to us, she says. And she's gon… ▶302Reading
Jennifer DonnellyHope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.144, Bloomsbury Publishing368HopeSadness
Jennifer DonnellyThere is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2014). The Tea Rose, p.554, Bloomsbury Pu… ▶357Love
Jennifer DonnellyI 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 (2015). Revolution, p.178, Bloomsbury Pu… ▶336Thought
Jennifer DonnellyI will go out again this very night with my rockets and fuses. I will blow them straight out of their comfortable beds. Blow the rooftops off their houses. Blow the black, wretche… ▶292Hope
Jennifer DonnellyIt is hope, not despair, that undoes us all. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2014). The Tea Rose, p.438, Bloomsbury Publishing359Hope
Jennifer DonnellyThe King walks. He nods. His glance is like God's touch - under it all things spring to life. A wave of his hand and a hundred musicians tear into the Handel, making a sound you'v… ▶282LifeLove
Jennifer DonnellyI will rain down silver and gold for you. I will shatter the black night, break it open, and pour out a million stars. Turn away from the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open you… ▶293HopeReadingSadness
Jennifer DonnellyStop yelling. If everyone’s yelling, no one can be heard. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.262, Bloomsbury Publishing348Sadness
Jennifer DonnellyIt has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe, Dad. You said you were looking for it. You told Mom you were. I found it for you so you don't have to look anymor… ▶293Love
Jennifer DonnellyThe more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing359Reflection
Jennifer DonnellyBecause beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.121, Bloomsbury Publishing349Love
Jennifer DonnellyThe rain comes down harder as I write. It sheets off the roof in torrents. I wish it would pound against me. Pound the life from my body. The flesh from my bones. The pain from my… ▶272LifeLoveSadness
