Quotes from Jennifer Donnelly

Let no rough waters rend apart Two who have become one heart. For love's no love that can't withstand A rogue wave breaking on the sand.

As sure as the seabirds in flight, As sure as the endless deep blue, My love is as certain as sunrise. I vow it will keep us both true.

Know that you are a warrior... and that a true warrior carries love, courage, and her conscience into battle, as surely as she carries her sword.

The driver's on me in an instant. She's crying and trembling. She grabs the front of my jacket and shakes me. "You crazy bitch!" she screams. "I could have killed you!" "Sorry," I say "Sorry?" she shouts. "You don't look sorry. You-" "Sorry you missed," I say. She lets go of me then. Takes a step back.

That's not the question, Isabelle," he said softly. "The question is, why do you believe them?

Sarcasm is the weapon of the wounded

But all we need to do is begin. The rest will take care of itself. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

Wounds can heal if you pull the thorns out.

It's a wonderful thing to read about other people's lives, but it's important to live your own life too - no matter how challenging that life may sometimes be.

Home's all the people, all the places, and all the things that you love. You carry it wherever you go.

Maximilien R. Peters! Incorruptible, ineluctable, and indestructable! It's time to start a revolution, baby

But you are a different sort of girl. Not at all what I expected you to be. And this is a different sort of time. And so I am hopeful for all the things you may yet find.

A pretty girl must please the world. But an ugly girl? She's free to please herself.

An escape can become escapism before we even know it. Books are wonderful things, but you can't live in someone else's story. You have to live your own story.

Lots of things are true. Doesn't mean you can go round saying them

You gave those people hope, girl, and that's a dangerous thing. There's no greater weapon in the whole world than hope. It's dangerous because it's powerful.

Asking questions, demanding explanations—these things always led to trouble

We all make mistakes, the danger lies in letting those mistakes make us. Make us believe we can't put things right. Make us think there's no hope. Make us give up.

Even the strong couldn't be strong all the time.

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.

He was a flame and she'd gotten burned, and the pain was terrible, yet it didn't make the fire any less alluring.

It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.

We must not run from our unhappiness. We must listen to it. It has much to tell us.

But then again, it's easy to love those who've done right by us, don't you think? A bit harder to love those who've done us wrong.