“A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“Maybe there was no happily ever after [...] but there was happiness sometimes and she had it now, doing what she knew she was born for.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening...”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“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.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“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.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“Sure", he said. He started moving the bits around. "Lets see. This looks like it must say . . . and so then this would go here . . . and this . . . " He paused and looked up at her. "Haven't we done this before?”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“Lina laughed. So did Doon. A look went between them, like a quick current of electricity”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“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 we have one here.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“She could not understand why this world, which was so full of beauty and wonder, had to also be so full of horrors.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
“Then there might be dead people.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, quote from The Diamond of Darkhold
Jeanne DuPrau
Born place: in San Francisco, California, The United States
Born date June 9, 1944
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“Too many people look at it as though it (the hijab) has bizarre powers sewn into its microfibers. Powers that transform Muslim girls into UCOs (Unidentified Covered Objects), which turn Muslim girls from an 'us' to a 'them.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, quote from Does My Head Look Big in This?
“...because to me the only thing that matters is the conceptions in my own mind, there has to be no reality anyway to what I suppose is going on (p. 153)”
― Jack Kerouac, quote from Big Sur
“...I wondered why so much had been written about love's pain and so little about the glorious relief of being delivered from love's pain.”
― Irene Hunt, quote from Up a Road Slowly
“Conner looking at the text he sent Jeff the night before:
8:42pm..Reed:Need you to go to Denver w me.
8:46pm..Jeff: in meeting. give me 1 hr.
8:53pm..Reed: no can do. want wife back. going now. think i cn talk her into it wth sperm.
Hell.Please don't let him have called her.
8:53pm..Jeff: R U drinking?
8:55pm..Reed: have wht she wants. solllid plan. better than hers.
8:56pm..Jeff: leaving now. wait 4 me.
9:02pm..Reed: don't worry botu it.
9:02pm..Jeff: WAIT 4 ME.
9:04pm..Jeff: PICKUP YOU PHONE
9:57pm..Jeff: you should stop for drink @ that bar in terminal with the big olives b4 flight.
10:22pm..Reed: hey, UR at the bar. you look pissed.”
― Mira Lyn Kelly, quote from Waking Up Married
“(Carter): "I've been protecting you since I joined the Mauricio family. You were why I joined them in the first place."
(Emma): "You did all that for me?"
(Carter): "I would declare war for you.”
― Tijan, quote from Carter Reed
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