Home / Authors / Jennifer Donnelly

Jennifer Donnelly Quotes

Writer

Jennifer Donnelly is an American author known for her historical novels and young adult literature. Her works are renowned for their rich historical background and profound emotional descriptions, which have won her a wide following among readers.

Filter quotes by topic

All Heart Jennifer Donnelly Knows Love Mgg The Shallow Graves Ifs Pain World Hands Looks People Thinking Want Feelings Stepsister Hurt Kings Long Men

Famous Jennifer Donnelly Quotes

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

People Feelings Voice Pages Sentences

Book:A Gathering Light

Source: A Gathering Light

“I grew up on a mixed diet of mass and class, and I still read that way. I hate it when people apologize for what they read. Some bestsellers aren't exactly literary. So what? They're fun and rip-roaring, Who instituted the book police and why do we have to answer them? Grrrrr!”

People Way Stills Book Hate Fun Answers Class Grew Grew Up Mass I Hate Police Diets Apologizing Rip Roaring

Book:The Tea Rose: A Novel

Source: The Tea Rose: A Novel

“...Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a teenager—and even when you're older—lots of people will try to tell you what to think and feel. Try to stand still inside all of that and hear your own voice. It's yours and only yours, it's unique and worth of your attention, and if you cultivate it properly, it might just make you a writer.”

People Ifs Thinking Feels Trying Stills Feelings Might Values Voice Attention Unique Observation Teenager Thoughts And Feelings

Author:Jennifer Donnelly

“Most people, if they were generous, were so because they thought life was short and that one must make the most of it. Sid Baxter was generous because he knew that life was long. It went on and on even when you had no use for it anymore. It was happiness, not life, that was short, and when it visited - in the form of a fine evening spent talking with a friend - he honoured it.”

People Ifs Long Use Form Talking Fine Evening Generous Thoughts On Life Sids

Book:The Winter Rose

Source: The Winter Rose

“History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about the past.”

People Looks Doe Past Tests About Yourself French Revolution Rorschach Rorschach Test

Book:Revolution

Source: Revolution

“He's wearing boots, a kilt, and a long-sleeve tee. No coat, even though it's December. Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.”

People Needs Long Beautiful Warm Boots Coats Sleeves December Auras Beautiful People Tees Kilts

Book:Revolution

Source: Revolution

“Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.”

People Needs Beautiful Warm Coats Auras Beautiful People

Book:Revolution

Source: Revolution

“One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do. Massacres could never happen if it weren't for decent people.”

People Ifs Happens Behinds Doors Decent Massacres

Author:Jennifer Donnelly

About the Author

Born: August 16, 1963
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 196

Books & Sources

RevolutionRelated source material

StepsisterRelated source material

A Gathering LightRelated source material

Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a BookRelated source material

These Shallow GravesRelated source material

The Tea RoseRelated source material

A Northern LightRelated source material

The Winter RoseRelated source material

PoisonedRelated source material

The Wild RoseRelated source material

Similar Authors

Stephen KingBrowse related quotes
David LevithanBrowse related quotes
Jodi PicoultBrowse related quotes
Charles BukowskiBrowse related quotes
Sarah DessenBrowse related quotes
Jeaniene FrostBrowse related quotes
Jeanette WintersonBrowse related quotes
Michael JacksonBrowse related quotes
Ellen HopkinsBrowse related quotes
Sherrilyn KenyonBrowse related quotes