336 Quotes by Jennifer Donnelly

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    Love isn’t idiotic. It’s hard and messy, confusing and wonderful. But to love and be loved... that’s all that matters.

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    His arms around her felt like nothing she’d ever known and everything she’d ever wanted.

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    Elizabeth walked through the path they’d cleared and up to the towering book. She kicked the cover with a well-shod foot. It slammed shut. Then she dipped her brush into the bucket, crossed out the word history, dipped the brush again, and wrote HER STORY in its place.

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    Turning your back on the darkness didn’t mean the darkness would turn it’s back on you.

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    I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.

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    Humans are selfish creatures who can always be counted on to do the wrong thing.

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