59 Quotes by Jeanne DuPrau

I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

It wasn’t because they had extraordinary powers, really, but because of how well they used the ordinary powers everyone had: the power of courage, the power of kindness, the powers of curiosity and knowledge.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., “Strength to Love,” 1963.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

Unintended consequences, he thought miserably. He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up and took over.

The idea seemed to be that if you prayed extremely hard – especially if a lot of people prayed at once – maybe God would change things. The trouble was, what if your enemy was praying, too? Which prayer would God listen to?

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. – People of Sparks –.

You know, son, I don’t think there’s such a thing as an easy life. There’s always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can’t control, lurking out at the edges – storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.

The day had a strange but comforting feel to it, like a rest between the end of one time and the beginning of another.