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1 " That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become. "
― Scott Westerfeld , Specials (Uglies, #3)
2 " I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood "
3 " Having a brain hurt so much sometimes. "
4 " It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself. "
5 " your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are "
6 " Tally, do you ever suffer from sudden flashes of anger or euphoria, countersocial impulses, or feelings of superiority? "
7 " Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago... "
8 " It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else. "
9 " you just took on five million years of evolution again "
10 " The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things. "
11 " She carried a knife inside of herself now, one that was always cutting her. She could feel it every time she swallowed, every time her thoughts strayed from the splendor of the wild. "
12 " So what are those balloons for? In case you fall off your hoverboard?' -- Tally to Peris "
13 " Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry. "
14 " That was the whole point of being special: You existed to make sure everyone else behaved, but that didn't mean YOU had to. "
15 " 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. "
16 " you're infamous, Tally. Everyone's terrified of you. The new system may have made the other cities nervous, but they seem to think my little gang of psychotic sixteen-year-olds is worse" - Cable to Tally "
17 " That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead. "
18 " She'd never have to cut herself again. She carries a knife inside herself now, one that was always cutting her. She could feel it every time she swallowed, every time her thoughts strayed. "
19 " Keep challenging the gods "
20 " By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower. —Rabindranath Tagore, “Stray Birds "