JDJennifer Donnelly

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Jennifer Donnelly

Historical coordinate: c. 2002 AD · Approximate author-period evidence for Jennifer Donnelly: documented activity in 2002. Wikidata Q464963, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464963 (accessed 2026-10-08).

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 2002 AD

Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either

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02c. 2002 AD

Namaste. It was a Nepalese greeting. It meant: The light within me bows to the light within you.

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03c. 2002 AD

No sunrises that stop you dead with their unspeakable beuaty, either, he thought. No whales breaching only yards away from the ship, showering your awestruck self with a cold ocean rain. No songs and whiskey belowdecks at night while the wind plucks at the ship's rigging and the ice beats against her hull.

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04c. 2002 AD

On those nights, the words were for me alone. They came up unbidden from my heart. They spilled over my tongue and spilled out my mouth. And because of them, I, who was nothing and nobody, was a prince of Denmark, a maid of Verona, a queen of Egypt. I was a sour misanthrope, a beetling hypocrite, a conjurer's daughter, a mad and murderous king.

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05c. 2002 AD

Because in a small dark room, a broken child lies on a filthy bed and stares up at a high window. He waits for me, too.And I—I who have failed at everything and have failed everyone—I must not, I cannot, I will not fail him.

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06c. 2002 AD

Sir, no amount of money, no matter how vast, could induce me to stroll, perambulate, promenade, or engage in any form of locomotion with you whatsoever. Good evening.

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07c. 2002 AD

For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.

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08c. 2002 AD

No. I meant stay with me today. And tomorrow. And every day after.

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09c. 2002 AD

Don't let the darkness that's been visited upon this family pull you in so deeply, you cannot get out. Turn back from it, darling Jo... he'd warned her. He didn't seem to understand that turning your back on the darkness didn't mean the darkness would turn its back on you.

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10c. 2002 AD

Ambition and poverty are powerful motivators...

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11c. 2002 AD

She smells of her cooking and the perfume Eau d'Hadrien. My mother wore it, too. She used to cook, like Lili. Our house smelled of garlic and thyme instead of sadness.

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12c. 2002 AD

You should spend more time reading the Good Book and less reading all those novels. What are you going to tell the Lord on Judgement Day when He asks you why you didn't read your bible?

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13c. 2002 AD

The truth costs.Lies cost more.

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14c. 2002 AD

Because just for a few seconds, someone else hurts, too. For just a few seconds, I'm not alone.

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15c. 2002 AD

Keep being the author of your own story. Never let anyone else write it for you again.

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16c. 2002 AD

I'd wish you good luck, but you won't need it. You get to write your own story now. Nothing's luckier than that.

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17c. 2002 AD

It goes on, this world, stupid and brutal.But I do not.I do not.

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18c. 2002 AD

But words are more powerful than anything.

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19c. 2002 AD

They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would have done anything to ease her suffering, but he knew nothing he might do, or say, could. Her grief would run its course, like a fever, and release her when it was spent. He would not shush her or tell her it was God's will and that her da was better off. That was rubbish and they both knew it. When something hurt as bad as this, you had to let it hurt. There were no shortcuts.

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20c. 2002 AD

Because I'm on the phone, Mom!""Fooling around with your friends again! Who is that?""Ahmadinejad.""Oh, my goodness! What is he saying?""That he wants to see Jeezy at the Beacon tonight. Putin's going too. He scalped a ticket from Kim Jong Il. All tha gangstas are going.""Don't be so fresh, young man!""Gotta go," he says to me. "Enemy forces have dropped a Momshell.""Fall back, solider. Over and out.

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21c. 2002 AD

She's got a big belt around her hips. It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.

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22c. 2002 AD

Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.

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23c. 2002 AD

Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?

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24c. 2002 AD

And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts.

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