Alek: Am I that obvious?Deryn: No. Im just dead clever.
At fist he didn't say anything more, and we had a little staring contest there in the darkness. but I liked staring at him, and I won.
At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.
Barking machines! Dylan exclaimed. Didn't I tell you? I've never seen a beastie that couldn't get up on its own. Well, except a turtle. And one of my auntie's cats.Alek raised an eyebrow. And I'm sure...
Battered by the mind noise, huddled in the back with eyes closed and fists clenched, the old Melissa had understood pep rallies about as well as a bird sucked through a jet engine comprehended aircraf...
Because that's what people need after traumas, apparently - lots of long conversations about the effects of trauma.
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...
Deryn had been there every step of the way. We are connected, aren’t we? Aye, she said, still chewing. And for us to meet at all, I had to pretend to be a boy. Fancy that. Barking destiny, Bovril said...
Didn't any of these brainless wonders ever notice that TV shows were called programs? the same word that meant a bunch of numbers stuck into a computer to make it dance for its masters?
Wow, came a familiar voice, Hypochondriac killed the cat. -Dess
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 boi...
«Be', potete anche non crederci, ma la gente si metteva davvero in maschera», rispose Rex. «Ma il rituale più importante consisteva nell'accendere dei falò. Bruciavano tutto quello che potevano, persi...
Her parents didn't understand that braille meant big clunky books that marked you as different, while audiobooks live invisibly on your phone and text-to-speech gave you the whole damn internet.
Yeah, you should have seen your face. Actually, I should have seen your face. Stupid sneak suits.
I swallowed my screams whole. They went down my throat as sharp-cornered and cold as ice cubes.
I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty. -Tally Youngblood
Would the hydrogen catch fire? Alek grasped the edge of the window, hardly feeling the broken glass against his palms. Deryn he sobbed. Anything but this.
In a novel you always knew the moment when something Happened, when someone Changed. But real life was full of gradual, piecemeal, continuous transformation. It was full of accidents and undefineables...
Miss Rogers waved a hand. But Mr. Hearst just wants a dramatic story. If the rebels destroy us, he'll get no story at all! Aye, but has anyone explained that to the barking rebels? These are rebels,...
The scent of a faraway place lay on my skin.
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