Drunkeness, she told us in a rare moment of confidence, is a sin against the fruit, the tree, the wine itself. Wine, distilled and nurtured from bud into fruit; it deserves reverance. Joy. Gentleness. (Page 194.)

Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.

Anything that can be dreamed is true.

It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.

Divination is a means of telling ourselves what we already know.

I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys.

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.