59 Quotes by Jeanne DuPrau

She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrible brown jacket, and his good heart – – was the person she knew better than anyone now. He was her best friend. – City of Ember –.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

He says I’m beautiful as a red tomato.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren’t the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

Wouldn’t it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful – a blue sky.

Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.

What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new worlds?

People didn’t make life, so they can’t destroy it. Even if we were to wipe out every bit of life in the world, we can’t touch the place life comes from. Whatever made the plants and animals and people spring up in the first place will always be there, and life will spring up again.

Remember the city, the city remember Where treasure is hidden under the ground The city, the city, always remember That’s where the treasure will be found.