The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.

Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry.

Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee. -Jonathan

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.

humanity is a cancer on the body of the world

She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans." Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" "We need another plan," Hiro said.

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