Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?

The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone was incredibly stupid. And ugly.

I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy

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.

It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he makes me bubbly, and because we took a lot of risks together. It could just as easily be me lying there, and he would stay with me if it was." "It's just programming!" "No. It's because I love him.

Where did you get that idea for a nose? - Frizz Mizuno

There was a species of middle pretty who smiled at everything: happy smile, disappointed smile, you're-in-trouble smile.