No actually 'The Host' was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there obviously because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.
Success tempts many to their ruin.
An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the...