“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.”
― The City of Ember
― The City of Ember
“The main thing is to 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.”
― The City of Ember
― The City of Ember
“The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is.”
― The City of Ember
― The City of Ember
“Unintended consequences, he thought miserably.
He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up
and took over.”
― The City of Ember
He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up
and took over.”
― The City of Ember
“People in Ember rarely threw anything away. They made the best possible use of what they had.”
― The City of Ember
― The City of Ember
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