“He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
“Most people, if they were generous, were so because they thought life was short and that one must make the most of it. Sid Baxter was generous because he knew that life was long. It went on and on even when you had no use for it anymore. It was happiness, not life, that was short, and when it visited - in the form of a fine evening spent talking with a friend - he honoured it.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
“Who needs make-believe monsters when there are so many real ones.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
“Her grey eyes sparkled with passion as she spoke. Sid looked into them and for a second he glimpsed her soul. He saw what she was - fierce and brave. Upright. Impatient. And good. So good that she would sit covered in gore, shout at dangerous men, and keep a long, lonely vigil - all to save the likes of him. He realized she was a rare creature, as rare as a rose in winter.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
“India said, 'But Mrs. Moskowitz, it just won't work. I still have to find a proper salaried position. I have to cover my expenses. Pay my rent.'
'You will stay with us.'
'Thank you. Truly. But it would be impossible.'
Mrs. Moskowitz reached across the table. She covered India's hand with her own. 'With all respect, my dear India,' she said, 'I look to God to tell me what is possible. Not to you.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
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― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
“His arms around her felt like nothing she’d ever known and everything she’d ever wanted.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
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― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from The Winter Rose
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“But define 'completely ridiculous shit,'" Duvall said. "Does space travel count? Contact with alien races? Does quantum physics count? Because I don't understand that crap at all. As far as I'm concerned, quantum physics could have been written by a hack.”
― John Scalzi, quote from Redshirts
“Thomas Lull knows he is un-American: he hates cars but loves trains, Indian trains, big trains like a nation on the move. He is content with the contradiction that they are at once hierarchical and democratic, a temporary community brought together for a time; vital while it lasts, burning away like early mist when the terminus is reached.”
― Ian McDonald, quote from River of Gods
“The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.”
― Julian Barnes, quote from Flaubert's Parrot
“Bombing of urban areas was not considered a war crime at Nuremberg; reason is, the West did more of it than the Germans.”
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