"I believe young children in particular enjoy witnessing the survival of youthful protagonists against terrible odds. I think it's gratifying to the reader when you give young characters that kind of agency."

“When a soul is created, so is its mate. In every lifetime those souls find each other. They complete the other's destiny.”

“One of my greatest pleasures in life is promising myself I will not drink, or smoke, or take coke, or do heroin, or eat cookies, then doing it. It's a pleasure that can be repeated daily.”

Source : Amanda Filipacchi (2014). “Love Creeps: A Novel”, p.8, Open Road Media

“I believe that there are many interesting projects that are potentially possible for me other than game music, and therefore in my mind there are several things that are being contemplated.”

“I don't think you can be a diver without a shark on the list.”

“I find that a real gardener is not a man who cultivates flowers; he is a man who cultivates the soil. He is a creature who digs himself into the earth and leaves the sight of what is on it to us gaping good-for-nothings. He lives buried in the ground. He builds his monument in a heap of compost. If he came into the Garden of Eden, he would sniff excitedly and say: "Good Lord, what humus!"”

Source : Karel Capek (2002). “The Gardener's Year”

“One's self-image and image of the future have a great deal to do with what that person is motivated to do and able to do, as well as the extent to which he is able to change his behavior.”

“The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.”

“We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take.”

Source : Tad Williams (2006). “The War Of The Flowers”, p.435, Penguin