Nice concept. But is it a trilogy or a tweet? I can't tell any more.
Over his years of helping runaways to find the Smoke, David had encountered wild animals, forest fires, and bio-engineered poisonous plants. But nothing was more dangerous than a city afraid of change...
Yeah, I can read, he said. Didn't mean to shock you. Maybe you thought I ran around in a little wheel all day?
It helps to be with people who remember you, and who still think about you.
She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission.
Once we turn, it’s new pretty, middle pretty, late pretty. Shay dropped her arms, and her board stopped drifting. Then dead pretty.
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.
Gods are so last year, Hiro said, and Aya smiled.
He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.
It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.
You know,' I called, 'you're the one that's going to have to explain to Max how you got your blender back.'I'll tell him I astral-projected. Butt-head.
I’m sick of the rules and boundaries. The last thing I want is to become some empty-headed new pretty, having one big party all day.
Maybe they didn’t want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There’s always one thing we depend on.
I am steadfast.
I don’t want to be ugly all my life. 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 list...
She wondered if if there was anyone out there, really, or if David was just some story the Uglies made up to scare each other.
Even then, her mind had started to change, realizing that nature didn’t need an operation to make it beautiful, it just was.
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.
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...
She scanned the captives, looking for Shay and David. The familiar faces in the crowd were haggard, dirty, crumpled by shock and defeat, but Tally realized that she no longer thought of them as ugly....
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