And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.

I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.

Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?" "Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.

But they're already singing our praises!" "They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.

Do you love him?" Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago.