Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems it threw at you could be solved rationally.

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.

Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever.

You are a failure not the time when you are defeated.. but when you give up fighting.

This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight -- and Levi can't even read.

The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

It is clear that the causal nexus is not a nexus at all.

Hollywood is a changing world these days. This is one of the things that ought to be changed.

What are we living for? Two roomed apartment on the second floor?

For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.