Maybe 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 DuPrauThe idea seemed to be that if you prayed extremely hard--especially if a lot of people prayed at once--maybe God would change things. The trouble was, what if your enemy was praying, too? Which prayer would God listen to?
Jeanne DuPrauWhat you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.
Jeanne DuPrauWhen someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.
Jeanne DuPrauDoon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--
Jeanne DuPrauLina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. Someone, long ago, had hoped that at least a few people would survive and had wanted them to remember her city and the treasure it held, the treasure that was most valuable of all - herself, her family, and all of the generations of people who had lived in that secret place, their purpose, though they didn't know it, to make sure that human beings did not vanish from the world, no matter what happened above.
Jeanne DuPrau