And everywhere girls, tumbling from trees like orange blossoms and hitting the earth with sickening thuds. They crack open.

Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.

Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.

Dystopian, by definition, promises a darker story.

I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening.

Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.

There's a hazy smile on her lips that won't go away, and her hair is a mess. It's like a brushfire filled with casualties.

‎I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that it goes on forever until it begins here again.

We writers are resilient souls.

Her mind is a bird that's trapped inside her skull, flapping and thrashing, never breaking free.

Childhood is a long, long road, from which that dark whispering forest of death seems an impossible destination.

You will be my thunder. I'll be your lightning. Even the heavens will rage with jealousy.

He stood there, glowing like the sun, and stared at her like she was the unbelievable one.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation.

There is no such thing as Success....That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey.

I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

The most important part of my mental self-care is knowing who to call for what kinds of help.

We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn't want to just sell shoes. I wasn't even into shoes - but I was passionate about customer service.

But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.