"Tally Youngblood was waiting for darkness." (Part 1, Turning Pretty: New Pretty Town, p. 3).

"Tally thought of Peris, and tried to remember the way he used to look back when he was Nose. Somehow, she couldn't recall his ugly face anymore. As if those few moments of seeing him pretty had wiped out a lifetime of memories." Part 1, Turning Pretty: Wipe Out, p. 38).

"It was creepy being inside, looking out of the empty windows at the ragged shapes of other buildings. Like being a Rusty ghost watching as its city crumbled over the centuries." (Part 1, Turning Pretty: Waiting for David, p. 70).

"Tally shivered. Everyone knew about uglies-for-life, the few people for whom the operation wouldn't work. You didn't see them around much. They were allowed in public, but most of them preferred to hide." (Part 1, Turning Pretty: Fight, p. 83).

"They said it didn't hurt, except the new skin, which...