Why are some things easier to write than say?

The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.

I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.

When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.

Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning.

In the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.

Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.

Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.

It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures.

This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.

Forgetting lets you live without the pain for a moment but remembering hits hard.

Why are you crying?""I was reading.

Words aren't made — they grow, ' said Anne.

Always be truthful. When you lie to others, you are really lying to yourself.

When a writer dies, he becomes his books.

It's cool to be healthy now! It's cool to, like, drink fresh juices and drink Kombucha and all that stuff.

I know white clothing is supposed to enhance that summer glow, but writers don't tan.

Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.

Who is able to paint the existence of a dog as Picasso paints the existence of a cubic shape?

That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.

I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.