The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!Alek tried not to laugh. Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?Don’t try to be clever, young man. She narrowed her e...
Their reasons don't mean anything unless I have a choice.
Una franja en la que se mezclaban el naranja y el amarillo prendía fuego al cielo,espléndida e inesperada, tan espectacular como los fuegos artificiales, aunquecambiaba a un ritmo majestuoso y apenas...
Well, well, imperfect gods. Tally allowed herself a chuckle. What would your father say, Andrew? He shook his head. I am not sure. But he isn’t here. I am the holy man now.
What happens when perfection isn't good enough?
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.
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...
Your first novel is like your first relationship. You won’t really understand the decisions you make until years later. She laughed. And you’ll probably screw up the ending.
You’re still yourself on the inside, Shay. But when you’re pretty, people pay more attention. Not everyone thinks that way.
Getting what you wanted never turned out the way you’d thought it would.
She wasn’t so much a writer as a thief.
She’d felt from David was crushed by it. Every day of her life she’d insulted other uglies and had been insulted in return. Fattie, Pig-Eyes, Boney, Zits, Freak—all the names uglies called one another...
You're infamous, Tally. Everyone's terrified of you. The new system may have made the other cities nervous, but they seem to think my little gang of psychotic sixteen-year-olds is worse - Cable to Tal...
The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
Ah. So he's forgotten the most important rule of warfare.Which is...That nothing ever goes to plan.
And what can we conclude from this lesson, Your Highness?Alek glared at the man. We can conclude, Count Volger, that discussing politics while fencing is idiotic.
But I’ll do anything in my power to stop them from taking you away. She took a shuddering breath, then let her eyes fall closed. Promise? Anything. As you said in Tokyo, we’re meant to be together.
Deryn was quite astounding, really, and entirely worth throwing away an empire for.
Dess took a deep breath, feeling a rush of relief now that the proclamation had been made. It was sort of like being the first astronomer to spot one of those big dinosaur-extermination-sized asteroid...
Do you love him?Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. He makes me feel like that. Like flying.Then, you have to tell him.I told you, I kissed him!It’s hardly the same. I kissed you, after all....
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