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It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself. (Scott Westerfeld)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are. View quote
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Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago... View quote
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Have a little faith in me, Volger." "I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance. View quote
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Frighteningly Beautiful, Dangerously Strong, Breathtakingly Fast. Face it Tally-wa you're special... View quote
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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. View quote
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Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake. View quote
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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. (Scott Westerfeld)
But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly. View quote
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Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?" "I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war. View quote
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And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit. View quote
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So what are those balloons for? In case you fall off your hoverboard?' -- Tally to Peris. View quote
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Where did you get that idea for a nose? - Frizz Mizuno. View quote
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Probably? So you're asking me to trust my life to steel wool and peanut butter?" "Poisoned peanut butter." "Cal, I don't care if it's nuclear peanut butter. View quote
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She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission. View quote
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But they're already singing our praises!" "They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything. View quote
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We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in... View quote
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I've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I've also learned to making big-scale design decisions early. (Scott Westerfeld)
We don't always get to choose what we love. View quote
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What happens when perfection isn't good enough? View quote
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Having a brain hurt so much sometimes. View quote
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The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. View quote
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