When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject if I have a serious interest in it.

The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous, the most fanatical are those whose cobbled faith is founded on the shakiest grounds.

When new hopes fail, old hopes return in the endless cycle of desperation.

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

The world is a very complex and interesting place and that is what I really want my fiction to say: wake up to how amazing the world is.

It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet

In the wind, the trees, like agitated lions preparing to roar, shook their great green manes.