Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine too?

Overload 'em with information an' they'll kill yeh jus' to simplify things.

On her daughter, Jessica: Kids at her school will sidle up to me and say, Does Jessica know what happens in book 4? Does Jessica know the title of book 4? And I keep saying, No! There is no point kidnapping her, taking her around back of the bike shed, and torturing her for information.

It’s cruel that I got to spend so much time with James and Lily, and you so little. But know this; the ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them in here

You could tie my hands to my sides, I suppose, but I have to write. For my own mental health, I need to write.

At fourteen, you really do start realising that the world is not a safe and protected place or not always.

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.