... Survival Is The Least Of My

Things Come Apart So Easily When They Have Been Held Together With Lies.

Hunger Makes You Restless. You Dream About Food - Not Just Any Food, But Perfect Food, The Best Food, Magical Meals, Famous And Awe-inspiring, The One Piece Of Meat, The Exact Taste Of Buttery Corn, Tomatoes So Ripe They Split And Sweeten The Air, Beans So Crisp They Snap Between The Teeth, Gravy Like Mother's Milk Singing To Your Bloodstream.

I Did Things I Did Not Understand For Reasons I Could Not Begin To Explain Just To Be In Motion, To Be Trying To Do Something, Change Something In A World I Wanted Desperately To Make Over But Could Not Imagine For Myself.

Every Kid I Meet Who's A Reader Has Got Something Like That, Their Fantasy World. And Science Fiction Is The Best, Especially For Girls Because It's The One Place Where You Can Do The Forbidden.

Teenagers Are Free Verse Walking Around On Two Legs.