We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.

As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

Have a little faith in me, Volger." "I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance.

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.

You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.

Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.