It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.

I like my first lines short and declarative. No complicated sentences. Of course, that's not really a Scott thing. It's pretty classic grab-the-reader technique.

I'm not the one going for a biology degree. I'm just a philosophy major who eats people.

We don't always get to choose what we love.

I 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.

Tally wondered if you could talk somebody out of their brain damage.

It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.