I like my first lines short and declarative. No complicated sentences. Of course, that's not really a Scott thing. It's pretty classic grab-the-reader technique.

The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.

I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also needed.

But you know what? It's not my behavior I'm worried about anymore. It's yours.

She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission.

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

You young things are too easily persuaded by the touch of lips.