The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.
Jeanne DuPrauPeople 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.
Jeanne DuPrauUnintended consequences, he thought miserably. He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up and took over.
Jeanne DuPrauMaybe there was no happily ever after [...] but there was happiness sometimes and she had it now, doing what she knew she was born for.
Jeanne DuPrau