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What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.
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david
westerfeld
uglies
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Scott Westerfeld |
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You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
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freedom
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.
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wisdom
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Scott Westerfeld |
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When she awoke, the world was on fire.
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world
shay
uglies
tally
traveling
fire
ugly
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.
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so-yesterday
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You're insane!" she shouted. "Pretty cool, huh?" "No!"Tally yelled. "Why didn't you tell me it was broken?" Shay shrugged. "More fun that way?" "More fun?" Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief and...joy. "Well, kind of. But you suck!"
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joy
funny
coaster
roller
shay
tally
relief
insane
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
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quote
on-quotes
shay
uglies
tally
lyrics
fma
full-metal-alchemist
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Scott Westerfeld |
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I love you all. But it's time to say good-bye, for now. be careful with the world, or the next time we meet, it might get ugly. -Tally Youngblood
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Scott Westerfeld |
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We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood
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Scott Westerfeld |
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What happens when perfection isn't good enough?
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pretties
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty."
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science-fiction
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Having a brain hurt so much sometimes.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least to grow your own brain.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that's left is some story in a history class.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Her only way home was to betray her friend.
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friend
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Scott Westerfeld |
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You are so... 11:59
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fantasy
midnighters
science-fiction
horror
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Scott Westerfeld |
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8ef1d54
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Haven't you ever known someone rejected by a lover, who, consumed by rage and jealousy, never lets go? They look on from a distance, unseen but boiling inside. The emotion never seems to tire, this hatred mixed with intense obsession, even with a kind of twisted love.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special."
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Never give us what we really want. Cut the dream into pieces and scatter them like ashes. Dole out the empty promises. Package our aspirations and sell them to us, cheaply made enough to fall apart.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Their reasons don't mean anything unless I have a choice.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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With everything so perfect, reality seemed somehow fragile, as if the slightest interruption could imperil her pretty future... all of it felt as tenuous as a soap bubble, shivering and empty.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.
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scott-la
scott-westerfeld
peeps
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Barking spiders!
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Do you love him?" Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying."
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love
goliath
scott-westerfeld
flying
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Your father always suspected that being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They want to be vapid and lazy and vain--Maddy glanced at Tally--and selfish. It only takes a twist to lock in that part of their personalities. He always thought that some people could think their way out of it.
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ya
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Scott Westerfeld |
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907ba68
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And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.
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humor
ship
mistakes
fire
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Let me get this stright, Aya-Chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" -Frizz mizuno"
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Scott Westerfeld |
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It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Are you saying that your fat-ass cat has turned me into a vampire? Um, maybe?
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Scott Westerfeld |
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That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.
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war
comfort
hand-grenade
shay
specials
uglies
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Scott Westerfeld |
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At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.
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Scott Westerfeld |
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I can pick up the city feeds on my antenna. It said they were going to change you all. Turn you into something less dangerous. Are you still...?" She gazed at him. "What do you think, David?" He peered into her eyes for a long moment, then sighed and shook his head. "You just look like Tally to me." She looked down, her vision blurring. What's the matter?" Nothing, David." She shook her head. "You just took on five million years of evolutio..
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Scott Westerfeld |
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your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are
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