He fell in love with the way she closed her eyes, long before he fell in love with her.

I love science fiction but especially his because it's so humane.

Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.

Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.

I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed to know was right there in a single bowl small enough to fit in the palm of one hand.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

He started to look at me in a manner I recognized: it was the way I looked at a new book, one I had never read before, one that surprised me with all it had to say.