I've always admired your rather formidable will, your refusal to back away from difficulties, but sometimes strength isn't about perseverance. Sometimes it's about knowing when to quit.
Jennifer DonnellyI need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own.
Jennifer DonnellyWhen you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.
Jennifer DonnellyThe 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.]
Jennifer Donnelly