I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.

You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again.

I don't trust the ocean, either; it would kill me as soon as not. It doesn't mean I'm afraid of it.

One of the things that I really like about young adult fiction is that you can explore the relationships between teens and their parents. I definitely think that teens are a product of their parents. You either end up just like them or you consciously make the decision to be unlike them.

I was wild and tame and pulled into shreds and crushed into being all at once.

If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.