I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind's greatest strength.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.

Middle school's amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.

You are not living, you are surviving.