Do you know what my father used to say?" I ask her. "He used to say that songs had a heart. A crescendo that can make all your blood rush from your head to your toes.

The thing about hope is that it doesn't go away even when it serves no purpose.

Sometimes we don't know how afraid we are until we've reached a strange door and we don't know what will be on the other side.

The madness of youth made me unafraid.

A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.

You have a way of looking at things. You make it seem as though everything's going to be okay. I can't imagine a more dangerous thing to have than hope like yours.

Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.