“I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric)”

“One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)”

“Fate was a reality, but it wasnt a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And wed fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarant...”

“I wasnt sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)”

“Dont trust anybody elseno matter how close you are to them. (Eric)”

“I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldnt do that, Id at least be there for her. (Eric)”

“Those are the bad guys, right?Depends on who wins, I guess.”

“Just looking at him made Andrew feel tense and irritated. It was wonder perfect strangers didn't go up to the guy and punch him in the face.”

“If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can act...”

“Fiction, at the point of development at which it has arrived, demands from the writer a spirit of scrupulous abnegation.The only legitimate of all the irreconcilable antagonisms that make our life ...”

“And just so you know, the invaders are always the bad guys. Always.”

“In writing, a good guy must never break any of the Ten Commandments. A bad guy must break every one. That's why writing female characters is so much fun. They're not GUYS at all.”

“I sort of got off on making bad guys sweat. Which was not unlike my love of making good guys sweat, just by very different means.”