I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.

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.

Addressing the concept of man made additions to the faith - “These additions-standards, practices, and allegiances supposedly created for our spiritual benefit-have had the opposite effect.

Cognition can happen in many different ways and combinations.

You know the saying? Don't go in if you don't have a skin.

I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.

Our disrespect for thinking: someone sitting in a chair, gazing out of a window blankly, always described as 'doing nothing'.

I have a conscience, man, and I've worked really hard to keep it where you would feel like you were talking to the same man at one of my shows or sitting down at my dinner table.

I'm not going to get on any anti-corporation soapbox to an extreme level.

Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you

There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.

It's nice having a bear about the house.