"The thing is, that world doesn't exist. All growing up means is that your realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you."

"'Tis a dangerous thing to engage the authority of scripture in disputes about the natural world, in opposition to reason; lest time, which brings all things to light, should discover that to be eviden…"

"We are to remember what an umpire Nature is; what a greatness, composure of depth and tolerance there is in her. You take wheat to cast into the Earth's bosom; your wheat may be mixed with chaff, chop…"

"The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail."

"Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it's a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want to turn the page, the need to keep going, even if it's hard, because someone's in trouble an…"