I did spend years as an addict, so I know that world, although I wish I didn't.

Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic. It says, "Nobody cares and you have to look out for yourself and if you don't, you'll die." These two things work against each other. I think most kids are very frightened of their parents, and that's what all fairy tales reflect: Parents will fail you and you'll be left on your own. But, of course, everything comes out right in the end and the parents take you back.

Want a Coke?” Abra asked. “Sugar solves lots of problems, that’s what I think.

If you don't control your temper, your temper will control you.

The stories we hear in our childhood are the ones we remember all our lives.

Zombies are the new vampire.

Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to support a full-blown deathwish. So he manufactured ways in which other people could do it, lopping a piece at a time off himself and their family.