But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.

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

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

The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.

Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.

When she awoke, the world was on fire.

I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.

The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone was incredibly stupid. And ugly.

The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.

We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.

Bread for me is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.

If they call you crazy, you are doing something right

That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

The best thing about a vacation is planning it.

There is no remedy for death--or birth--except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.

Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.

An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.

It was becoming a habit-this concentration on things behind him. Almost as though there were no future to be had. *Milkman*