Jenna Blum Quotes

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Jenna Blum is an American writer born in 1970. Her works span across historical fiction, mystery novels, and young adult literature. Blum is known for her delicate writing style and profound insights into historical events.

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All Matter And Love Anna Ashamed Believe Born Certain Dies Doe Ends

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“How could she tell him that we come to love those who save us?”

Author:Jenna Blum

“Life is so often unfair and painful and love is hard to find and you have to take it whenever and wherever you can get it, no matter how brief it is or how it ends.”

Ends Matter Hard Life Is Love Is And Love Painful Unfair Love Is Hard

Book:The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

Source: The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

“Heimat. The word mean home in German, the place where one was born. But the term also conveys a subtler nuance, a certain tenderness. One's Heimat is not merely a matter of geography; it is where one's heart lies.”

Heart Mean Matter Home Lying Certain Term Born Tenderness Geography Nuance

Book:The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

Source: The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

“Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off.”

Feels Wells Matter Dies Parent

Book:The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

Source: The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

“We are all ashamed in one way or another. Who among us is not stained by the past?”

Way Past One Way Ashamed

Book:The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

Source: The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels

“She can never tell him what she started to say: that we come to love those who save us. For although Anna does believe this is true, the word that stuck in her throat was not save but shame.”

Life Believe Doe Shame Stuck Throat Anna

Book:Those Who Save Us

Source: Those Who Save Us

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Born: 1970
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 6

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