Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole.

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.

The most challenging thing about love is sometimes we love someone who loves someone else.

The most beautiful temple in the universe is your soul

A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.

If you face a challenging task from God today, ask yourself, "How would Jesus handle this?" Then go and do the same.

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it was obviously that I would write them, too.

My heart was a desert You planted a seed And this is the flower This hour of sweet fulfillment

22 million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America.

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

The characteristic place to find Christians is among their enemies. The first place to look for Christ is in Hell.