Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light Quotes

But words are more powerful than anything.

A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.

I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out.

I think your vision gets better as you get older.

You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.

I listened as the words became sentences and the sentences became pages and the pages became feelings and voices and places and people.

Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.

You should spend more time reading the Good Book and less reading all those novels. What are you going to tell the Lord on Judgement Day when He asks you why you didn't read your bible?