They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.

They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.

Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

Afterwards, in bed with a book, the spell of television feels remote compared to the journey into the page. To be in a book. To slip into the crease where two pages meet, to live in the place where your eyes alight upon the words to ignite a world of smoke and peril, colour and serene delight. That is a journey no one can end with the change of a channel. Enduring magic.

In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie Fall on Your Knees, they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.

The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.

Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.