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Be careful what you show the world. You never know when the wolf is watching.

Jennifer Donnelly

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
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Port Chester
New York
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I will go out again this very night with my rockets and fuses. I will blow them straight out of their comfortable beds. Blow the rooftops off their houses. Blow the black, wretched night to bits. I will not stop. For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.
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It has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe, Dad. You said you were looking for it. You told Mom you were. I found it for you so you don't have to look anymore. So you can come home at night.
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Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.
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I struggled for a long time to get anything published.
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The world goes on, as stupid and brutal as tomorrow as it was today. And though I am shuddering with pain, and twisting with pain, and sobbing with pain, i laugh.Because I know now. I know the answer. I know the truth. Oh,dead man, you are dead wrong, I tell him.Can't you see? The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I [do not. I do not.]
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Never take what's offered, always ask for more.
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Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever?
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The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.
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You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.
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Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.
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Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing eyesight, but I think your vision gets better as you get older. Mine surely was.
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Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?
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