Tell freedom I said hello.' 'If I happen to see it, I will.

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 true wealth of a nation is not their natural resources but their achievements in education.

You would rather opt for death than give up. Because, what a way to live a mediocre life by choice?

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

Being a nice girl from the Mid-West, my inclination is always to give in and say yes because I want people to like me.

My mother taught me to believe in silver, to believe in things, but I think it's more important to believe in me.

Truth is the vital breath of Beauty; Beauty the outward form of Truth.

Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.

Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.

I have more folds than an origami convention.

I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing.