Jeanne DuPrau Quotes

• I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

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  Acceptance, Trying, Events

  Jeanne DuPrau (1992). “The Earth House”

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• El problema con la ira es que se apodera de ti. Y entonces ya no eres dueño de ti mismo. La ira lo es. Y cuando la ira es el jefe, obtienes consecuencias no deseadas.

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  Anger, Boss, Trouble

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.56, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

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  Personas, Sabe

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.546, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• People find a way through just about anything.

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  Personas, Camino

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.144, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• What 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.

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  Children, Differences, Needs

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• People didn't make life, so they can't destroy it. Even if we were to wipe out every bit of life in the world, we can't touch the place life comes from. Whatever made the plants and animals and people spring up in the first place will always be there, and life will spring up again.

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  Spring, Animal, People

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.277, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• La idea parecía ser que si se rezaba mucho -especialmente si mucha gente rezaba a la vez- quizá Dios cambiaría las cosas. El problema era, ¿y si tu enemigo también rezaba? ¿Qué oración escucharía Dios?

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  Prayer, Ideas, People

  Jeanne DuPrau (2006). “The Prophet of Yonwood”, p.26, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• They lifted their faces to the astonishing warmth. The sky arched over them, a pale, clear blue. Lina felt as though a lid that had been on her all her life had been lifted off. Light and air rushed though her, making a song, like the songs of Ember, only it was a song of joy. She looked at Doon and saw that he was smiling and crying at the same time, and she realized that she was, too.

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  Song, Light, Air

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• The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

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  Attention, Pay, Things To Do

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.37, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• When 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.

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  Peace, Mean, Want

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.268, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

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  Light, Two, Understanding

  Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.93, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• No era porque tuvieran poderes extraordinarios, en realidad, sino por lo bien que utilizaban los poderes ordinarios que todo el mundo tenía: el poder del valor, el poder de la amabilidad, los poderes de la curiosidad y el conocimiento.

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  Kindness, Curiosity, Ordinary

  Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.641, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• It’s for my God, the god of dogs, and snakes and dust mites and albino bears and Siamese twins, the god of stars and starships and other dimensions, the god who loves everyone and makes everything marvelous.

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  Dog, Stars, Dust

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.461, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new worlds?

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  Thinking, Interesting, Answers

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• De pronto se dio cuenta de que Doon, el delgado Doon de ojos oscuros, con su temperamento problemático y su terrible chaqueta marrón, y su buen corazón---- era la persona que ahora conocía mejor que nadie. Era su mejor amigo. --City of Ember--

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  Heart, Dark, Cities

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.93, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Su simpatía hizo que las lágrimas brotaran de los ojos de Lina. Doon pareció sobresaltado por un momento, pero luego dio un paso hacia ella y la abrazó. Le dio un apretón tan rápido y fuerte que la hizo toser, y luego la hizo reír. De repente se dio cuenta de que Doon, el delgado Doon de ojos oscuros, con su temperamento problemático, su terrible chaqueta marrón y su buen corazón, era la persona que ella conocía mejor que nadie. Era su mejor amigo.

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  Primavera, Corazón, Ojo

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.93, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.

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  Good Life, Hard Work, Son

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.625, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?

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  Si

  Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.191, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening.

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  Darkness, Different, Embers

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• He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

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  Beautiful, Tomatoes, Red

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.84, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Mrs. Murdo, walkind even more briskly to keep her spirits up, was crossing Harken Square when something fell to the pavement just in front of her with a terrific thump. How extraordinary, she thought, bending to pick it up. It was sort of a bundle. She began to untie it.

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  Squares, Bending, Pavement

  Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.198, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Remember the city, the city remember Where treasure is hidden under the ground The city, the city, always remember That's where the treasure will be found.

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  Cities, Treasure, Remember

  Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.352, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Puede que no hubiera felices para siempre [...] pero a veces había felicidad y ella la tenía ahora, haciendo aquello para lo que sabía que había nacido.

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  Sometimes, Ever After, Happily Ever After

  Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.641, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn't sleeping she tromped around the doctor's house pulling spoons off the table and spilling cups of water and crumpling pages of books. That is, she was almost her old self.

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  Book, Sleep, Doctors

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.211, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.

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  Little Sister, Ribs, Littles

  Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.29, Random House Books for Young Readers

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