Jennifer Donnelly Quotes
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Every heart is made of stories.
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Words fail me sometimes. I have read most every word in the Webster’s International Dictionary of the English Language, but I still have trouble making them come when I want them to. Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get – a cold sick feeling deep down inside – 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 you will never be the same again.
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Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever?
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Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.
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Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.
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Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.
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A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.
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I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is.