177 Quotes by Jennifer A. Nielsen

This is real, then?” Jaron’s heart pounded, though he couldn’t tell whether it was from sadness or fear for his future. “When you leave, I’m no longer Prince Jaron. I’ll be nothing but a commoner. An orphan.

Her anger was so real, I could feel it in the air between us.

In hindsight, these gardens were the perfect place for a nice and quiet attempted murder.

Then I’ll find you soon. But if I don’t – if I can’t – then be happy and know I loved you.

With each brick, my hopes faded until nothing was left. If there had ever been a chance of Dominic and my father returning, then the wall took that too. My schoolteacher taught us a new song that thanked our leaders for building a wall to keep the fascists out. I muted my glares and only mouthed the words when my teacher was looking – I couldn’t bear to sing the lies.

If I had to do it over again, I would not have chosen this life. Then again, I’m not sure I ever had a choice.

We all at risk of becoming the snake one day. The moment we start to choose what’s easy or safe, instead of choosing what’s right, we start to become the snake.

What’s the point of gaining peace if it costs us our freedom? I won’t trade the one for the other.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Nelson Mandela, South African activist.