I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that will turn them on to the joy of reading and turn them into lifelong readers.

Fang was going to kill me. And after I was dead, he would kill me again.

My choices were to either give in and let them kill all of us or fight back with everything I had. I chose the second one, ’cause I’m just funny that way.

Don’t be afraid.” “I hear voices,” Iggy said. “Be very afraid.

Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.

I'm big on having a blistering pace. That's one of the hallmarks of what I do, and that's not easy. I never blow up cars and things like that, so it's something else that keeps the suspense flowing. I try not to write a chapter that isn't going to turn on the movie projector in your head.

Love hurts." Oh, shut UP!" - pg 123