There’s no such thing as ready,” she says. “There’s only willing.

It's the great male fantasy-all it takes is one dance to know that she's the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know-this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.

We're better off. But I don't know if the world's better off. I don't know if the two are the same thing.

I feel like you may be a special and kind person. And I would like to make it my business to know special and kind people. Especially if they are boys my age.

Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.

Be careful what you’re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head

What's better, I wonder - to be a toy for the humans, or to control your own destiny , even if the only way to do so is suicide?