Jeanne DuPrau Quote
Can't it be stopped? said Lina. She shifted around under her blanket, trying to find a place to sit where rocks weren't digging into her.Maybe it can be stopped at the beginning, Maddy said. If someone sees what's happening and is brave enough to reverse the direction.Reverse the direction?Yes, turn it around.How would you do that?You'd do something good, said Maddy. Or at least you'd keep yourself from doing something bad.But how could you? said Lina. When people have been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?You wouldn't want to, said Maddy. That's what makes it hard. you do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.
Jeanne DuPrau
Can't it be stopped? said Lina. She shifted around under her blanket, trying to find a place to sit where rocks weren't digging into her.Maybe it can be stopped at the beginning, Maddy said. If someone sees what's happening and is brave enough to reverse the direction.Reverse the direction?Yes, turn it around.How would you do that?You'd do something good, said Maddy. Or at least you'd keep yourself from doing something bad.But how could you? said Lina. When people have been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?You wouldn't want to, said Maddy. That's what makes it hard. you do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.
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About Jeanne DuPrau
Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944 in San Francisco, California) is an American writer, best known for The Books of Ember, a series of science fiction novels for young people. She lives in Menlo Park, California.