The dialogue around fossil fuels often lacks nuance—we must acknowledge both their historical role and the urgency of transitioning beyond them.

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado.

"Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit."

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing—not the 'what happens' but the way everything happens.