Jennifer A. Nielsen

“It would take entire lifetimes for the men of Carthya to deserve their women.”

“Don't write for who your reader is. Write for what your reader wants to be.”

“I think it's so important for young readers to find a book or series that ignites their passion for reading, especially boys, whose interest in reading wanes as they grow older.”

“I would love to be in public one day and see someone reading my book. I think that would be so ridiculously cool.”

“Our country is Germany -- one country that should be reunited. We don't belong to Moscow or to the west. We belong to ourselves and I have never betrayed that. This tunnel has taken every ounce of courage we have. We're not cowards.”

“No offense, Jaron, but I don't want your life. Even locked away behind closed doors I got a taste for how awful it can be.""Did anyone try to kill you while I was gone?""No.""Then you didn't even get a taste.”

“Everyone gets scared at times. It's only the fools who won't admit it.”

“Nobody gives you respect in this life. You must take it, you must earn it, and then you must hold it sacred, because no matter how hard respect is to attain, it can be lost in an instant." I nodded my head toward the garrison. "Go get it, Roden. People won't follow a leader who doesn't know where he's going. Show them what you do.”