Scott Westerfeld

“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”

“I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.”

“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”

“At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.”

“Maybe she still was a pretty-head, making up irrational stories about the empty forest. The longer she stayed alone out here, the more Tally understood why the Rusties and their predecessors had believed in invisible beings, praying to placate spirits as they trashed the natural world around them.”

“And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.”