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.”

“As I nodded and smiled and”

“You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Surely--But I am very off from that.”

“I certainly do care for you Jeff Campbell less than you are always thinking and much more than you are ever knowing”

“I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ." He stopped, looking at me with eyes gone soft and dark. "Christ, Claire, ye were so beautiful, there on the stair, wi' your hair down and the shadow of your body with the light behind ye…." He shook his head slowly. "I did think I should die, if I didna have ye," he said softly. "Just then.”

“I’m writing this because you begged. You know how I love the begging”

“It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one.”

“A man.”