“For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.”

“I do a lot of revising on paper. Sometimes I think I should just write longhand - what I type reads very different once I print it out.”

“I kept a journal when I was a teenager, so I definitely look back on those to see how I dealt with friends and cliques and getting picked on, or boyfriend breakups.”

“Sometimes your heart is the only thing worth listening to.”

“A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back.”

“Over everything, I choose you”

“But what I was really thinking was that you talk about him like...like you talk about a piece of decadent chocolate cake.”

“One to be a murderer. One to be a Martyr. One to be a Monarch. One to go Mad”

“I'm in love with you Coreen. Your name is embedded in my soul. Ang laking problema, hindi ba? Kaya sana mabaliw ka lang rin sakin para wala na tayong problem. So, I'm sorry, hindi kita iiwas...”