Romance Quote by Jennifer Donnelly — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“DNA tells you all the secrets of life,’ he used to say. Except for one—how to live it.”

“He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.”

“I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it's stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can.”

“Because God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.”

“Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.”

“God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.”

“When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them?”

“I am yours," he whispered. "I live to hold you, Risa. I breathe to touch you.”

“When she remembered a summer it would be this one. When she remembered love it would be his.”

“Anger precedes hate, while love vicariously hangs in the balance.”

“Misunderstanding and distrust—the predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.”

“I wish I knew how to get you back. And apparently fate won't let me give up”