That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both.
Scott WesterfeldThe flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.
Scott WesterfeldShe 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 WesterfeldShe wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission.
Scott WesterfeldYour personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.
Scott WesterfeldMy name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly
Scott WesterfeldI 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.
Stichwörter: intelligence education school obvious
Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle.
Scott WesterfeldStichwörter: behemoth
Or maybe when they do the operation- when they grind and stretch your bones to the right shape, peel off your face and rub all your skin away, and stick in plastic cheekbones so you look like everybody else- maybe after going through all that you just aren't very interesting anymore. -Shay, Uglies
Scott WesterfeldSooner or later usually means too late
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