The most important thing you ever did was learn how to survive. Do not let anyone make you feel like you shouldn't have.

You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.

Well, have you ever thought of bathing?' I asked, turning away. 'No one wants to hire a wizard who smells worse than their outhouse. And who knows what creatures are living in that hair?

Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins.

They were never scared of the kids who might die, or the empty spaces they would leave behind. They were afraid of us-the ones who lived.

The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.

You are actually the worst person I have ever met.