336 Quotes by Jennifer Donnelly

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    I play until my fingertips are raw. Until I rip a nail and bleed on the strings. Until my hands hurt so bad I forget my heart does.

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    Lots of things are true. Doesn’t mean you have to go around saying them.

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    And that lesson was perfectly clear: There is nothing more dangerous than kindness.

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    I could solve all the Diophantine equations, extend Newton’s work on infinite series, complete Euler’s analysis of prime numbers, and it wouldn’t matter.” She looked at Isabelle. “Ella is the beauty. You and I are the ugly stepsisters. And so the world reduces us, all three of us, to our lowest common denominator.

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    Asking questions, demanding explanations – these things always led to trouble.

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