We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing in them becomes too high.

I never remember nice dreams; only the bad ones stick.

I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.

Laughing doesn't make bad things worse any more than crying makes them better. It doesn't mean you don't care, or that you've forgotten. It just means you're human.

Do you ever find yourself climbing into an open grave during a bombing raid and wish you'd just stayed in bed?

I just like that balance of the real and the fantastical because as a reader and consumer of stories and fantasy, I always want to feel like I can find that world.

If you are a conscious human being who has opinions about the world, then you will unconsciously put your own perspective into the book.