I spend all my time trying to keep thoughts away and ignore them....But here you are, trying to remember your own life, writing your thoughts down so that you don't forget. I suddenly realized what it would be like not to know, not to remember.

I wanted to be a librarian from a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are being taken to the local library. I ended up working as a bookseller. Becoming a writer was the logical offshoot of being a reader.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

I'm not a magician. I'am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.

Her hands flew to her mouth. 'Are we even twins?' Josh rested his hand on her shoulder and brought his forehead to rest against hers, strands of their blond hair mingling. 'I will always be your brother, Sophie. I will always look after you.

You need to play to win. But you also need to win ... to play.

"What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?" she asked. "To believe that your children will be just like you."