Poor kid,' Jenna says, and rolls her eyes toward me for a moment. Then she returns to her book. 'She doesn't even understand what kind of place this is.

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.

Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This ... is a precious gift.

Never underestimate a dumb question.

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give.

Do I take criticism of Starbucks personally? Of course I do.

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.

A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.

No one is more important to the future of our state than our teachers.

I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.

As long as you believe in yourself and your own vision, you have something. When you give up that, you are personally bankrupt.