Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.

I have nothing from my childhood. I think you carry those books with you. It's like in [Ray] Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451." Books are outlawed in this future society so people become the book they love by memorizing it.

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

Sally...can no longer think of love as a reality, or even as a possibility, however remote.

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?

Most people know that Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors.