That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both.

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.

Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal

In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year.

You are in the perfect position to get there from here.

The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar; now that's my idea of a good time.

I just think things should work properly.

And now we're lethal, infected with D'Evils

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

Magic is older than writing. So nobody knows how it started.