Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!

Barking hard work, being a boy.

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.

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

Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.

I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy