If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.

I'll have to keep looking for more of them, more brief moments of freedom in a world that refuses to allow it.

Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them.

It doesn't take skill to stand in a place were no bullets find you, or to fire into the dark and hit a man you didn't see.

He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.