Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.

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

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.

I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Your shield must surpass your weaponry.

Interns, unite: you have nothing to lose but your unpaid positions!

A soul of water a soul of stone. A soul by name a soul unknown. The hours unmake our flesh our bone. The Soul is all and all alone!

It's human nature to be optimistic. Any fool can enter a market, it takes talent to exit consistently and profitably.

God alone can make a man a believer. Our part is to accept or reject his initiative.

The only time you should look back in life, is to see how far you have come.

It is because the old have forgotten life that they preach wisdom.

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me

Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more likeable in Washington." And I laugh and say, "You know this isn't rocket science.