The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on me.

Tell freedom I said hello.

I am intrigued. I am fearless.

I am charming. I am fearless.

Just being alive feels so arduous that all I want to do is climb under the covers and sleep.

There are lots of love stories here," she says. "They either end happily, or everyone dies." She laughs, but it sound more like a sob. "What else is there, right?