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Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.
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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.
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The idea seemed to be that if you prayed extremely hard—especially if a lot of people prayed at once—maybe God would change things. The trouble was, what if your enemy was praying, too? Which prayer would God listen to?
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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.
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People didn't make life, so they can't destroy it. Even if we were to wipe out every bit of life in the world, we can't touch the place life comes from. Whatever made the plants and animals and people spring up in the first place will always be there, and life will spring up again.
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She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrible brown jacket, and his good heart— was the person she knew better than anyone now. He was her best friend. —City of Ember—
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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.
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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.
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You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.
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There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.
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A person who thought he knew everything simply didn't understand how much there was to know.
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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.
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They lifted their faces to the astonishing warmth. The sky arched over them, a pale, clear blue. Lina felt as though a lid that had been on her all her life had been lifted off. Light and air rushed though her, making a song, like the songs of Ember, only it was a song of joy. She looked at Doon and saw that he was smiling and crying at the same time, and she realized that she was, too.
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It wasn't because they had extraordinary powers, really, but because of how well they used the ordinary powers everyone had: the power of courage, the power of kindness, the powers of curiosity and knowledge.
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It's for my God, the god of dogs, and snakes and dust mites and albino bears and Siamese twins, the god of stars and starships and other dimensions, the god who loves everyone and makes everything marvelous.
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Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn't sleeping she tromped around the doctor's house pulling spoons off the table and spilling cups of water and crumpling pages of books. That is, she was almost her old self.
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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.
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Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.
Georges Bataille
Jeanne DuPrau
Born:
June 9, 1944
(age 79)
Bio:
Jeanne DuPrau is an American writer, best known for The City of Ember, a series of novels for young people. She lives in Menlo Park, California.
Known for:
The City of Ember (2003)
The People of Sparks (2004)
The Prophet of Yonwood (2006)
The Diamond of Darkhold (2008)
Car Trouble (2005)
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