For every teenager I know, having a phone is a mixed blessing, because your parents can press a button and figure out where you are.

Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books.

I stayed there loving you, though the love made me, not sad but I guess melancholy, for a reason I couldn’t point to.

There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them.

The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

Miracles can happen, even to those who are small, flammable, and dressed all in black.