"Columbia students called me a baby killer, but remained silent for Ahmadinejad. I'm not sure if that was out of fear for the Iranian president or admiration."

“Back of my forehead I feel tonight A whole sky full of stars. Under a western moon. Life is indeed lovely!”

“When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer and up through Shakespeare and Milton, the most important themes to tackle are those of the mythopoeic domain, tales of the body and mind seen through a temperament and a cosmos divorced from current reality so what is said can be more clear.”

“One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent”

“Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.”

“Sweetness of life depends to its bitterness.”

Source : Humor & Caricature magazine, September 1995.

“Film noir is not a genre. It is not defined, as are the western and gangster genres, by conventions of setting and conflict, but rather by the more subtle qualities of tone and mood. It is a film 'noir', as opposed to the possible variants of film gray or film off-white.”

“Man is now in charge of the thermostat for the globe.”

“If I were to live a thousand years, I would belong to you for all of them. If we were to live a thousand lives, I would want to make you mine in each one.”

Source : Michelle Hodkin (2013). “The Evolution of Mara Dyer”, p.318, Simon and Schuster