Then it was this big thing. She was like, 'I never want to see you again', and I was like, 'Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles.

it's like a squid in love with the sky.

I do not know what I regret. I sit with my pen, and cannot find an end to that sentence.

The sky was as blue as a stupid postcard, and the islands were as green as islands.

The natural world is so adaptable...So adaptable you wonder what's natural.

Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'

Whispering makes a narrow place narrower.

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should.

Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger.

I can't tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house.

You’re not going to let her do this, are you?” Bones snorted. “Let her? Mate, if you think you can control a woman, you must be single—-and a thousand pounds says she beats your arse.

All of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out.

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

Pause and remember - If you just keep moving forward, everything you need will show up for you at the perfect time.

While we still live in a capitalist society, we of course will fight for whatever reforms help make life better for working people.

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it.

My family is from Russia and Poland. We never had that thing with the German Jews.

If self is a location, so is love.

Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.