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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.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“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.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“That's the worst thing they do to you, to any of you. Whatever those brain lesions are all about, the worst damage is done before they even pick up the knife: You're all brainwashed into believing you're ugly.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“Nature, at least, didn’t need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“What happens when perfection isn't good enough?”
― Scott Westerfeld, Pretties

“And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time....
"Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Pretties

“He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. “But you’re . . .” “Pretty? Think again.” She smiled. “I’m Tally Youngblood. My mind is very ugly. And I’m taking your car.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Pretties

“I can pick up the city feeds on my antenna. It said they were going to change you all. Turn you into something less dangerous. Are you still...?"
She gazed at him. "What do you think, David?"
He peered into her eyes for a long moment, then sighed and shook his head. "You just look like Tally to me."
She looked down, her vision blurring.
What's the matter?"
Nothing, David." She shook her head. "You just took on five million years of evolution again."
I what? Did I say something wrong?"
No." She smiled. "You said something right.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Specials

“I'm not sure what I am anymore... Sometimes I think I'm nothing but what other people have done to me―a big collection of brainwashing, surgeries, and cures... That, and all the mistakes I've made. All the people I've disappointed.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Specials

“If you see everything through hovercams and feed stories, you wind up blind to what's right in front of you.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Extras

“And here's what I realized: You Sly Girls don't cry when you watch the big-face parties on the feeds, just because you weren't invited. You don't stay friends with people you hate, just to bump your face rank. And even though nobody knows what you're doing out here, you don't feel invisible at all. Do you?

No one answered, but they were listening.

Fame is radically stupid, that's all. So I want to try something else.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Extras

“My name’s Tally Youngblood,” she said. “Sorry to disturb you, but this is a special circumstance.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Extras

“But then - how much do we really know anyone? Can we say with absolute certainty that we even truly know ourselves?”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“Maybe the princess could save herself."
"That sounds like a pretty good story too.”
― Marissa Meyer, Fairest

“Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“But hoping," he said, "is how the impossible can be possible after all.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“It is a dangerous thing to unbelieve something only because it frightens you.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“One cannot be brave who has no fear.”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde