There would be no need for the women's movement if the church and Bible hadn't abused them

We are co-creators with God, not puppets on a string waiting for something to happen.

History is the seed bed of the future.

When we do something we like, we are not only happy. We are also very strong!

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.

I always make it a rule never to look back. Otherwise, I'd ask myself how I could write such piffle and live with myself, day after day.

If you can't be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.

Do you love him?" Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

It's hard enough growing up and figuring out who you are and what on earth you wanna be and it doesn't help when people are constantly cutting you down

People try new things all the time. By now, the people who succeed have to be very sophisticated.

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing.

Accumulating years in the act of living is no guarantee of maturity. In fact, it is possible to be born, grow old and die without ever maturing.