The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is.
What you get is what you get. What you DO with what you get, though...that's more the point, wouldn't you say -Doon's Father
Kept talking about how she's studying every holy book she can get her hands on, aiming to understand God's word. I quoted St. Augustine to her. 'If you understand it, it isn't God.' Gave her a cup of...
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 someon...
Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky.
Every time she thought about him, she felt a thud of pain, like a bruised place inside her.
When anger is in control, you get unintended consequences.
Tick wanted power. He wanted glory. He wanted war, with himself in command. He had raised his army
That's the city I see in my dreams, Poppy. It isn't like Ember at all. The sky is light and the buildings are tall and sort of sparkle. (Lina)
Lina looked out at the lighted streets spreading away in every direction, the streets she knew so well. She loved her city, worn out and crumbling though it was.
Lina laughed. So did Doon. A look went between them, like a quick current of electricity
He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato
His sympathy made tears spring to Lina's eyes. Doon looked startled for a moment, and then he took a step toward her and wrapped his arms around her. He gave her a squeeze so quick and tight that it m...
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 t...
She decided to keep this letter because of the strange way it was written.
Please just let us choose and get it over with.
Father: And when anger is the boss, you get-Doon: Unintended consequences.
Church of the Fiery Vision.
Beeson, wearing a rain jacket with the hood up over her
What was the power that turned the worm into a moth? It was greater than any power the Builders had had, he was sure of that. The power that ran the city of Ember was feeble by comparison...