Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.

He wished he was with his mom in her library, where everything was safe and numbered and organized by the Dewey decimal system. Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like the meaning of your dream, or your dad.

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

But I'm a fairly mechanical worker - I tend not to think about themes so much as plot. I want to get the feeling right. If it's moving through tunnels, I ask myself, what is it like to move through tunnels?

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.