Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.

Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.

"Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while mine is sweaty with fear. We've never held hands before. I think about what it means in the village when boys and girls only a few years older then Harper and me wander around with their hands clasped together. They're always peering dreamily into each other's eyes, sneaking sky kisses...and soon after, there's a wedding.

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

A ssure you, the more I travel through time, the more I witness, the more I realize that there are things that are both strange and wonderful, far beyond human comprehension.

The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival.

I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait