And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.

I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

a good friendship euchres the universe.

Oratory: the art of making deep noises from the chest sound like important messages from the brain.

No one is depressed when they're being chased by a bear.

It feels so weird to be able to just kind of buy things when I want them or need them.

Nor myrtle--which means chiefly love: and love Is something awful which one dare not touch So early o' mornings.

I love Ireland. I feel very at peace there. It's just magical and beautiful.

People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it—otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to modern society.

There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying.

Do you like what you're doing/would you do it some more/or will you stop once and wonder what you're doing it for?

I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars.