So long as it fated, fate didn't care what it fated.

In time, in time they tell me, I'll not feel so bad. I don't want time to heal me. There's a reason I'm like this. I want time to set me ugly and knotted with loss of you, marking me. I won't smooth you away. I can't say goodbye.

Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and horror haven't grown out of enjoying the strange and weird.

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they're not absurd.

My Google-fu is strong.

What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don't agree with me politically or you're not interested in the thematics, the story will still keep you turning the pages.