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16ebf20	Why are you still wearing...?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?" David rolled his eyes and Shay said quietly, "David's never had any surge at all. But I wouldn't use the word ugly...Tally might eat you."		Scott Westerfeld
438171f	Ring around the rosie. A pocket full of posie. Ashes ashes, we all fall down. Some people say that this poem is about the Black Death, the fourteenth-century plague that killed 100-million people... Sadly, though, most experts think this is nonsense... How can I be so sure about this rhyme when all the experts disagree? Because I ate the kid who made it up.	peeps	Scott Westerfeld
1a4dc13	Tally, do you ever suffer from sudden flashes of anger or euphoria, countersocial impulses, or feelings of superiority?		Scott Westerfeld
dd4e0c6	I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against normal, not beside it. Locks didn't cure; they strangled.	prison	Scott Westerfeld
aa6a73c	Have a little faith in me, Volger." "I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance."		Scott Westerfeld
2494556	I'm a girl." When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed," she said. Deryn's mouth feel open. "You mean you...Did you barking ?" "I had no idea at all. But I make it a policy never to appear surprised." Dr. Barlow sighed, staring out the window. "Though on this occasion, it is proving rather more demanding than usual. A girl, you say? And you're quite certain?"	leviathant goliath deryn scott-westerfeld certainty sharp girl	Scott Westerfeld
f859924	As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you."		Scott Westerfeld
be51852	Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago...		Scott Westerfeld
04f6a59	Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.		Scott Westerfeld
472e438	I know what it's like to be manipulated, Aya-la. And I know what it's like to be in danger. While your city was building you mansions to live in, my friends and I have been protecting this planet. We've spilled more blood than you have flowing in your veins. So don't try to make me feel guilty! -Tally Youngblood, Extras		Scott Westerfeld
3e06abd	That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both.		Scott Westerfeld
af3e245	Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!		Scott Westerfeld
9851cda	High school wasn't a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had to provide the laugh track.		Scott Westerfeld
94fca3f	Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.		Scott Westerfeld
a9cc872	That letter was your whole future, you daft prince." "It was my past. I lost that the night my parents died. But I found you, Deryn. Maybe I wasn't meant to end the war, but I was meant to find you. I know that. You've saved me from having any reason to keep going." "We save each other. That's how it works."	deryn	Scott Westerfeld
baea997	Yes. What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.		Scott Westerfeld
e6e0c02	Frighteningly Beautiful, Dangerously Strong, Breathtakingly Fast. Face it Tally-wa you're special...		Scott Westerfeld
daec47b	The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.	mind uglies tally shoes one idea ugly	Scott Westerfeld
65856c6	Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter."	laughter work burst puzzled uglies expression one	Scott Westerfeld
ebb817d	It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.	specials	Scott Westerfeld
c9dca05	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."	intelligence obvious school	Scott Westerfeld
e874ca7	Being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They to be vapid and lazy and vain . . . and selfish. It only takes a twist to lock in that part of their personalities.		Scott Westerfeld
6300eef	Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar."	borvil telsa goliath leviathan scott-westerfeld insults	Scott Westerfeld
b03986b	And the worst thing was, there were no mirrors out there in the wild, so the princess was left wondering whether she in fact was still beautiful... or if the fall had changed the story completely.	fall princess	Scott Westerfeld
874a3cd	What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.	life-and-living life-quotes life	Scott Westerfeld
d4b94c6	Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake.		Scott Westerfeld
2cf9932	Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.		Scott Westerfeld
5b99d6e	It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he makes me bubbly, and because we took a lot of risks together. It could just as easily be me lying there, and he would stay with me if it was." "It's just programming!" "No. It's because I love him."	tally zane	Scott Westerfeld
8492aa5	Barking hard work, being a boy.	hard-work	Scott Westerfeld
f303b64	Tally sighed, tipping her feet again to follow. "Maybe that's because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is better than hanging out in a bunch of old ruins." Shay's eyes flashed. "Or maybe when they do the operation-when they grind and stretch your bones to the right shape, peel off your face and rub all your skin away, and stick in plastic cheekbones so you look like everyone else-maybe after going throug..		Scott Westerfeld
86d26ec	humanity is a disease, a cancer on the body of the world.	nature	Scott Westerfeld
3cec568	Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so touchy. He grasped her waist, sending a crackle across her skin. If Alek moved his hands any higher, he might notice what was hidden beneath her careful tailoring. "Always keep sideways to your opponent," he said, gently turning her. "That way, your chest presents the smallest possible target." "Aye, th..		Scott Westerfeld
1929d45	Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil.		Scott Westerfeld
1e602ed	you just took on five million years of evolution again		Scott Westerfeld
094b695	To everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last.		Scott Westerfeld
bb396db	Sometimes you can't choose what you love.		Scott Westerfeld
bb22ec0	Emperors are vain and useless things.	emperors goliath	Scott Westerfeld
fd46ee9	I want those perfect eyes and lips, and for everyone to look at me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me to think Who's that? and want to get to know me, and listen to what I say." "I'd rather have something to say."		Scott Westerfeld
44fab7c	The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.		Scott Westerfeld
4eb43b8	The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.	westerfeld uglies tally tally-youngblood	Scott Westerfeld
dddb067	He makes me feel like that. Like flying.		Scott Westerfeld
2242292	Doing what you're supposed to do is always boring. I can't imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.		Scott Westerfeld
a65b7a2	You can't blame a match for a house made of straw		Scott Westerfeld
c271ea7	Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.	extend plate	Scott Westerfeld

16ebf20

Why are you still wearing...?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?" David rolled his eyes and Shay said quietly, "David's never had any surge at all. But I wouldn't use the word ugly...Tally might eat you."

Scott Westerfeld

438171f

Ring around the rosie. A pocket full of posie. Ashes ashes, we all fall down. Some people say that this poem is about the Black Death, the fourteenth-century plague that killed 100-million people... Sadly, though, most experts think this is nonsense... How can I be so sure about this rhyme when all the experts disagree? Because I ate the kid who made it up.

peeps

Scott Westerfeld

1a4dc13

Tally, do you ever suffer from sudden flashes of anger or euphoria, countersocial impulses, or feelings of superiority?

Scott Westerfeld

dd4e0c6

I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against normal, not beside it. Locks didn't cure; they strangled.

prison

Scott Westerfeld

aa6a73c

Have a little faith in me, Volger." "I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance."

Scott Westerfeld

2494556

I'm a girl." When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed," she said. Deryn's mouth feel open. "You mean you...Did you barking ?" "I had no idea at all. But I make it a policy never to appear surprised." Dr. Barlow sighed, staring out the window. "Though on this occasion, it is proving rather more demanding than usual. A girl, you say? And you're quite certain?"

leviathant goliath deryn scott-westerfeld certainty sharp girl

Scott Westerfeld

f859924

As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you."

Scott Westerfeld

be51852

Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago...

Scott Westerfeld

04f6a59

Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.

Scott Westerfeld

472e438

I know what it's like to be manipulated, Aya-la. And I know what it's like to be in danger. While your city was building you mansions to live in, my friends and I have been protecting this planet. We've spilled more blood than you have flowing in your veins. So don't try to make me feel guilty! -Tally Youngblood, Extras

Scott Westerfeld

3e06abd

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

Scott Westerfeld

af3e245

Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!

Scott Westerfeld

9851cda

High school wasn't a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had to provide the laugh track.

Scott Westerfeld

94fca3f

Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.

Scott Westerfeld

a9cc872

That letter was your whole future, you daft prince." "It was my past. I lost that the night my parents died. But I found you, Deryn. Maybe I wasn't meant to end the war, but I was meant to find you. I know that. You've saved me from having any reason to keep going." "We save each other. That's how it works."

deryn

Scott Westerfeld

baea997

Yes. What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

Scott Westerfeld

e6e0c02

Frighteningly Beautiful, Dangerously Strong, Breathtakingly Fast. Face it Tally-wa you're special...

Scott Westerfeld

daec47b

The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.

mind uglies tally shoes one idea ugly

Scott Westerfeld

65856c6

Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter."

laughter work burst puzzled uglies expression one

Scott Westerfeld

ebb817d

It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.

specials

Scott Westerfeld

c9dca05

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."

intelligence obvious school

Scott Westerfeld

e874ca7

Being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They to be vapid and lazy and vain . . . and selfish. It only takes a twist to lock in that part of their personalities.

Scott Westerfeld

6300eef

Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar."

borvil telsa goliath leviathan scott-westerfeld insults

Scott Westerfeld

b03986b

And the worst thing was, there were no mirrors out there in the wild, so the princess was left wondering whether she in fact was still beautiful... or if the fall had changed the story completely.

fall princess

Scott Westerfeld

874a3cd

What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.

life-and-living life-quotes life

Scott Westerfeld

d4b94c6

Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake.

Scott Westerfeld

2cf9932

Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.

Scott Westerfeld

5b99d6e

It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he makes me bubbly, and because we took a lot of risks together. It could just as easily be me lying there, and he would stay with me if it was." "It's just programming!" "No. It's because I love him."

tally zane

Scott Westerfeld

8492aa5

Barking hard work, being a boy.

hard-work

Scott Westerfeld

f303b64

Tally sighed, tipping her feet again to follow. "Maybe that's because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is better than hanging out in a bunch of old ruins." Shay's eyes flashed. "Or maybe when they do the operation-when they grind and stretch your bones to the right shape, peel off your face and rub all your skin away, and stick in plastic cheekbones so you look like everyone else-maybe after going throug..

Scott Westerfeld

86d26ec

humanity is a disease, a cancer on the body of the world.

nature

Scott Westerfeld

3cec568

Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so touchy. He grasped her waist, sending a crackle across her skin. If Alek moved his hands any higher, he might notice what was hidden beneath her careful tailoring. "Always keep sideways to your opponent," he said, gently turning her. "That way, your chest presents the smallest possible target." "Aye, th..

Scott Westerfeld

1929d45

Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil.

Scott Westerfeld

1e602ed

you just took on five million years of evolution again

Scott Westerfeld

094b695

To everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last.

Scott Westerfeld

bb396db

Sometimes you can't choose what you love.

Scott Westerfeld

bb22ec0

Emperors are vain and useless things.

emperors goliath

Scott Westerfeld

fd46ee9

I want those perfect eyes and lips, and for everyone to look at me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me to think Who's that? and want to get to know me, and listen to what I say." "I'd rather have something to say."