The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people,… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Around the outskirts of the city, cut off from town by the black oval of the river, everything was in darkness. Everyone… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“That's the worst thing they do to you, to any of you. Whatever those brain lesions are all about, the worst damage… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
I love you all. But it's time to say good-bye, for now. be careful with the world, or the next time we… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The warden came closer, confusion all over his middle-pretty… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
there was a beautiful princess with a prince kissing her lips only the prince was totally ugly — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're..." "Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Why are you still wearing...?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?" David rolled his eyes and Shay… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of the other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
High school wasn't a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Sure, zombies can “be a metaphor.” They can represent the oppressed, as in Land of the Dead, or humanity’s feral nature, as in 28… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“You don't look very happy." Tally tried to smile. David had shared his biggest secret with her; she should tell him hers. But she… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Weird, even for one of us. Or maybe she's worse." "Worse how?" "Normal.” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image