Oh, I'm good. Seriously, after all these years, you'd think I would stop amazing myself. But here I am, still doing it.

But first, my friends, I need you to do something for me. We have two spies in the back of the auditorium.

I really love middle-grade. Middle-grade books have a little more of a magical, light-hearted feel. You can be a little bit more quirky, you can have a little more humor. It doesn't get so dark and deep.

Kill me. If you’ve ever been my friend, kill me.

Never give up, laugh a lot. Be good to others.

Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever.

She and Thomas had helped construct the Maze; at the same time she’d exerted a lot of effort to build a wall holding back her emotions.