Childhood is a long, long road, from which that dark whispering forest of death seems an impossible destination.

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.

We are stronger than we've credited ourselves to be. We have been the victims and the witnesses. We have said a lifetime of good-byes.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

I'm a vegetarian who doesn't like eggplant parmesan. Isn't that awful? I'm also sick of portobello mushrooms. People are like,"A vegetarian's coming to dinner," so they serve those.

[One task of intellectuals is] to break down the stereotypes and reductive categories that are . . . limiting to human thought and communication.

And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!

If you don't like basketball and you're from Kentucky, they'll kick you out!

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.

If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.

Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.

I don't think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day.