"Getting dressed was always the hardest part of the afternoon" (Criminal, p. 5).

"She wondered what tricks Zane had pulled back when he was an ugly. He didn't tell that many stories about himself" (Lurker, p. 21).

"In his fascination with her scar, Zane was extra beautiful, and his expression gave her a tingly feeling - like being at the center of everything, but without the spinning" (Zane, p. 35).

"Of course, getting what you wanted never turned out the way you'd thought it would" (The High Tower, p. 55).

"It felt like setting off her first firework as a littlie, amazed that one little press of a button could make so much noise, wondering if she was going to get in trouble" (Bounce, p. 76).

"Maybe Shay wouldn't need the pills at all—maybe old memories from ugly days were enough. Perhaps thanks to every terrible thing that Tally Youngblood had...