I read Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which I think will subsequently be recognized as one of the first great novels of the 21st century.

The line between outside and inside is fuzzier in fantasy. Maybe that's something people are looking for.

If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.

Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?" "Oh, absolutely," Quentin said. "Maybe even more.

Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else.

And I'm not as young as I once was. At my age, I don't have time to be bored.

Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up.