Quotes From "Revolution" By Jennifer Donnelly

Becuse God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.
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Becuse God loves us, but the devil takes an interest. Jennifer Donnelly
Only the hopeless love God.
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Only the hopeless love God. Jennifer Donnelly
God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.
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God loves us, but the devil takes an interest. Jennifer Donnelly
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There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy was I.The memory of it makes me laugh now, but not from happiness. Be careful what you show the world. You never know when the wolf is watching. Jennifer Donnelly
The greenest of pastures are right here on earth.
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The greenest of pastures are right here on earth. Jennifer Donnelly
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And then I remember this morning and I wonder if it really happened or if I dreamed it. It was nice. And weird. And tender. I'm not used to tender. It's a fossil, that word. Conditions changed and it died out. Like the woolly mammoth. It just couldn't live in the same world as dick box. Ho dog. Or wiener cousins. Jennifer Donnelly
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I don't like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It's the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It's bad news. The worst. It's sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt. Jennifer Donnelly
Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you...
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Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. Jennifer Donnelly
I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That...
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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. Jennifer Donnelly
When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then,...
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When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can. Jennifer Donnelly
Shepherds use religion to fight wars, sheep fight over religion.
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Shepherds use religion to fight wars, sheep fight over religion. Piet Hein Wokke
Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded...
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Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away. Jennifer Donnelly
He's wearing boots, a kilt, and a long-sleeve tee. No...
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He's wearing boots, a kilt, and a long-sleeve tee. No coat, even though it's December. Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm. Jennifer Donnelly
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It's a good thing you and your pills weren't around a few hundred years ago or there never would have been a Vermeer or a Caravaggio. You'd have drugged "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "The Taking of Christ" right the hell out of them. Jennifer Donnelly
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History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about the past. Jennifer Donnelly
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Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread. Jennifer Donnelly
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History is fiction. Jennifer Donnelly
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One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do. Massacres could never happen if it weren't for decent people. Jennifer Donnelly
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I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until I am the music--notes and chords, the melody and harmony. It hurts, but it's okay because when I'm the music, I'm not me. Not sad. Not afraid. Not desperate. Not guilty. Jennifer Donnelly
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It has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe, Dad. You said you were looking for it. You told Mom you were. I found it for you so you don't have to look anymore. So you can come home at night. Jennifer Donnelly
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Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small. Jennifer Donnelly
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I have done this–made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is. Jennifer Donnelly
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The world is awash with colours unseen and abuzz with unheard frequencies. Undetected and disregarded. The wise have always known that these inaccessible realms, these dimensions that cannot be breached by our beautifully blunt senses, hold the very codes to our existence, the invisible, electromagnetic foundations upon which our gross reality clumsily rests. Russell Brand
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Cry your grief to God. Howl to the heavens. Tear your shirt. Your hair. Your flesh. Gouge your eyes. Carve out your heart. And what will you get from Him? Only Silence. Indifference. Jennifer Donnelly
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Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either Jennifer Donnelly
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On those nights, the words were for me alone. They came up unbidden from my heart. They spilled over my tongue and spilled out my mouth. And because of them, I, who was nothing and nobody, was a prince of Denmark, a maid of Verona, a queen of Egypt. I was a sour misanthrope, a beetling hypocrite, a conjurer's daughter, a mad and murderous king. Jennifer Donnelly
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Because in a small dark room, a broken child lies on a filthy bed and stares up at a high window. He waits for me, too. And I–I who have failed at everything and have failed everyone– I must not, I cannot, I will not fail him. Jennifer Donnelly
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For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient. Jennifer Donnelly
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She smells of her cooking and the perfume Eau d' Hadrien. My mother wore it, too. She used to cook, like Lili. Our house smelled of garlic and thyme instead of sadness. Jennifer Donnelly
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Because just for a few seconds, someone else hurts, too. For just a few seconds, I'm not alone. Jennifer Donnelly
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It goes on, this world, stupid and brutal. But I do not. I do not. Jennifer Donnelly
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Because I'm on the phone, Mom! ""Fooling around with your friends again! Who is that?"" Ahmadinejad."" Oh, my goodness! What is he saying?"" That he wants to see Jeezy at the Beacon tonight. Putin's going too. He scalped a ticket from Kim Jong Il. All tha gangstas are going."" Don't be so fresh, young man! "" Gotta go, " he says to me. "Enemy forces have dropped a Momshell.""Fall back, solider. Over and out. Jennifer Donnelly
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She's got a big belt around her hips. It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure. Jennifer Donnelly
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Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm. Jennifer Donnelly
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Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare? Jennifer Donnelly
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And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts. Jennifer Donnelly
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Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras keeping them warm. Jennifer Donnelly
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In the end the British will walk out because 100, 000 British cannot control 350 million Indians if those Indians refuse to cooperate.” A small minority cannot control an uncooperative majority, so they must be distracted, divided, tyrannized, or anesthetized into compliance. Gandhi dealt with the colonization of nations by nations; we deal now with the colonization of consciousness by corporations. Russell Brand
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Rituals are missing nowadays Russell Brand
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There are all kinds of ways to be in the world. And no matter what has happened to us, or what we have been told, or what we have believed, we get to choose our way. Deborah Wiles
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The more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius. Jennifer Donnelly
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I will go out again this very night with my rockets and fuses. I will blow them straight out of their comfortable beds. Blow the rooftops off their houses. Blow the black, wretched night to bits. I will not stop. For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient. Jennifer Donnelly
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Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy. Jennifer Donnelly
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I need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own. Jennifer Donnelly