Empedolces claims that in utero, our backbone is one long solid; and that through the constriction of the womb and the punishments of birth it must be snapped again and again to form our vertebrae; that for the child to have a spine, his back must first be broken

My idea of life, it's what happens when they're rolling the credits.

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

it's like a squid in love with the sky.

Then it was this big thing. She was like, 'I never want to see you again', and I was like, 'Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles.

I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well.

We must curb ourfury, and allow sadness to diminish, and speak our stories with coolness and deliberation.