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I just love historical fiction.
Jennifer Donnelly
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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
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Novelist
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Port Chester
New York
Historical
Fiction
Love
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Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine.
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Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either
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Sometimes, when you catch someone unaware at just the right time and in just the right light, you can catch sight of what they will be.
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The greenest of pastures are right here on earth.
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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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There was a basket at her feet. She reached into it and lifted out the head of a young woman, a marquise. She wore Bourbon white to her death, but wears the tricolor now - white cheeks, blue lips, red dripping from her neck. Long live the revolution.
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Men are the weak ones, luv. Didn't you know? Oh, you make a lot of noise, but its the women who are strong. Where it counts. In 'ere.
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There is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was.
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Airports should all belong to the same country. The country of Crappacia. Or Bleakovania. Or Suckitan.
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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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He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and bones and muscle and gut, softened and melted from the heat of him.
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Funny, 'ow you can 'old a jewel in your 'and, and toss it away, and not even know what you 'ad until it's gone.
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Yeah. Sure. My brother's dead. My mother's insame. Hey, let's have a crepe.
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But his words fall away. He looks confused. He looks flustered and sorry. Like you do when you run up to someone you think you know and take her arm and she turns around and you were wrong.
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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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Writers are damned liars. Every single one of them.
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I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.
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There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy was I. The memory of it makes me laugh now, but not from happiness. Be careful what you show the world. You never know when the wolf is watching.
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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.
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I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until I am the music--notes and chords, the melody and harmony. It hurts, but it's okay because when I'm the music, I'm not me. Not sad. Not afraid. Not desperate. Not guilty.
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