you're infamous, Tally. Everyone's terrified of you. The new system may have made the other cities nervous, but they seem to think my little gang of psychotic sixteen-year-olds is worse" - Cable to Tally

Why are you still wearing...?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?" David rolled his eyes and Shay said quietly, "David's never had any surge at all. But I wouldn't use the word ugly...Tally might eat you.

Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that's left is some story in a history class.

Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.

You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.

The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.

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