I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.

There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did trust him. Now I had only to trust in myself.

I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.

I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

I believe we all have one address and that is Earth.

But your responsibilities are sometimes given you without choice, without consent.

Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.

We've had great conversations with the United Kingdom and meetings, Israel, Mexico, Japan, China and Canada, really, really productive conversations.

Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.

Maybe my variety is due to bad absorption of vitamins.