i think that if you believe anything is possible with the world, then you start to believe that anything is possible in your own life, that you are capable of anything. it gives you the freedom to believe in the impossible. my books are gruesome, there's no doubt about that, but there is always a streak of brilliant, bright hope stretching through them. i think hope is the most important thing in the world, the knowledge that things can get better, that you have what it takes to get through, to survive. that's what i want people to take away from my books.
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