Quotes from Jeanne DuPrau

There was only one thing he

Lina didn't really feel cold but she did feel sad, which was in a way the same.

But the sorrow and the fear lasted only a few seconds. Everyone was tired of sorrow and fear. Whatever lay ahead, they thought, would probably be better. They were willing to try it.

It was more of a castle than a house. It loomed over them, immense and massive, three stories high.

His brown corduroy jacket was so old that its ridges had flattened out.

Goats and oxen, pulling carts in from the fields, left their big, smelly plops all over.

This world was huge. There must be another place in it for the people of Ember.

Unintended consequences, he thought miserably. He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up and took over.

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.