The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.

I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didnt always realize how rare that was for a girl for them to say, You can be a mom or have a career or do both or do something we havent thought of yet.

Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?

I have tried to be righteous all my life. Yet I have never been content.

Remembering is part of thinking, but not all of it.

Theres nothing like reading about a world that feels dead to throw your own beautiful, colorful life into sharp relief.

Caring about anyone leaves you vulnerable.