"Lina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. Someone, long ago, had hoped that at least a few people would survive and had wanted them to remember her city and the treasure it held, the treasure that was most valuable of all - herself, her family, and all of the generations of people who had lived in that secret place, their purpose, though they didn't know it, to make sure that human beings did not vanish from the world, no matter what happened above."

Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.354, Random House Books for Young Readers

Jeanne DuPrau

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“Being a man of the theater and a hedonist, I find the idea of building coffins very romantic.”
“Collage is a demonstration of the many becoming the one, with the one never fully resolved because of the many that continue to impinge upon it.”

Source : Donald Burton Kuspit (1988). “The New Subjectivism: Art in the 1980s”
“Makeup can be pure fantasy--it can transform you into any kind of magical creature, whether that's a superhero or a retro Hollywood icon or just a more fun, fresher version of yourself. Looking like a stress-free, well-rested working mom? That's some kind of magic to me.”
“I'm just ready to keep going.”
“It's terrible to lose somebody, but it's also true that some people never have anybody to lose, and I think that's got to be so much worse.”
“Public life, politics and industry should all of them be within our sphere of influence.... If we are to infiltrate the professional and social activities of other people I think we must imitate the Totalitarians and organize some kind of fifth column activity! If better ideas on mental health are to progress and spread we, as the salesmen, must lose our identity... Let us all, therefore, very secretly be 'fifth columnists.'”
“When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart.”

Source : "Get Back to That Place: Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins Talks Touring Again and Why He Adores Tove Lo". Interview with Kelli Bender, people.com. June 30, 2015.
“When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty.”

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