It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.

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.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

Never undermine the power of passion. You have a very high chance of achieving anything you are passionate about.

There can be no substitute for work neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

Work hard. Through determination and self-focus and discipline, you can accomplish anything.

If you would be a writer, first be a reader. Only through the assimilation of ideas, thoughts and philosophies can one begin to focus his own ideas, thoughts and philosophies.

I believe that when people experience an event as a community it can transcend and change people's lives.

The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

The principles Donald Trump is focused on are exactly the right principles: more choice, more competition, lower costs, lower premiums.

Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside the bundle.