Her only way home was to betray her friend.

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.

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.

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.

If everything happens for a reason that means you made the right choice even when it’s the wrong choice

Life becomes easy if you whole heartedly expect it to be easy.

Lies have always been easier to invent than reality.

I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but not famed enough to make a living in this society.

Love like Death,, Levels all ranks, and lays the shepherd's crook Beside the scepter

You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.

The priests used to say that faith can move mountains, and nobody believed them. Today the scientists say that they can level mountains, and nobody doubts them.

There's such a self-conscious balance that goes into television. Also, these are not people that think things through.

I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.

To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.