Jennifer Donnelly

"And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts."

"Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?"

"She's got a big belt around her hips. It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure."

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

"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."

"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."