It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.

I make it a policy never to appear surprised" - Dr Barlow

Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace

That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead.

History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep.

Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?" "Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.

Tally sighed, tipping her feet again to follow. "Maybe that's because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is better than hanging out in a bunch of old ruins." Shay's eyes flashed. "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 everyone else-maybe after going through all that you just aren't very interesting anymore.