So many of the things I've wanted are the things I've been taught to fear.

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.

It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.

This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.

Writing makes a map, and there is something about a journey that begs to have its passage marked.

You've got your mother in a whirl, she's not sure if your a boy or a girl.

Altruism is written in everlasting and resplendent character on the Cross of Christ, and it was at Calvary that the centre of life was shifted from selfishness to sacrifice.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.