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.

Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace

And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.

He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.

My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly

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.

Two weeks of killer sunburn is worth a lifetime of being gorgeous