Full Disclosure: I hate David with the passion of a thousand fiery suns all going to supernova at the same time

You don't even realize you're living in a before until you wake up one day and find yourself in an after.

Don't go looking in dark places, because dark things live there.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

I should probably start with the blood.

Teen fiction should be about teenagers - no matter how many arguments there are about what YA lit should be, this seems like the one thing we can all agree on.

I believed in happily ever after as much as anyone, because Jane Austen, Prince Charming, and Hugh Grant promised me it could happen. But maybe that particular delusion was universal.

But things don't just fall apart. People break them.

Not that my arms are getting tired or anything, but... how much longer is the hugging phase going to last?

Nor did I need anyone's pity, but I would accept it with grace, because I have been well trained. Rudeness was a sign of weakness. Grace stemmed from power, the powere to accept anything and move on.

In dreams you can become everything you're not. You can reverse the most fundamental truths of your life. You can taste death, the ultimate opposite.

Each timewe bow to thefeet of anythingwe find riveting, the mind rises tobe surprised withnew crowningdiamonds ofcreativity.

I go through challenges, obstacles, and struggles just like everyone else out there, but I handle them with the right mental attitude, and this is why I am always happy and positive with my life.

I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.

If you aren't nervous about your passion, you aren't passionate about it.

You can't enter a contest emotionally charged. It clouds your judgment, it clouds your reaction.

Mystery is not always about travelling to new places, it is about looking with new eyes.

Africa is closer to me in every way than Iraq or Syria.

You can be sad recalling sad times, but if you really want to be sad, recall happy times.

Then everyone can call you Six.” “Four and Six,” I say.

Learners are doers, not recipients.