Jeanne DuPrau Quotes

I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

People find a way through just about anything.

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.

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about him she felt a thud of pain, like a bruised place inside her.

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--

What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new worlds?

Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?

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

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.

Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.

Remember the city, the city remember Where treasure is hidden under the ground The city, the city, always remember That's where the treasure will be found.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is.

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening...

What was the power that turned the worm into a moth? It was greater than any power the Builders had had, he was sure of that. The power that ran the city of Ember was feeble by comparison...