I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.

They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.