“When she tallied kindness she subtracted abandonment.”
“Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.”
“When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”
“Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The warden came closer, confusion all over his middle-pretty face. Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "Make me pretty.”
“When a woman starts to disentangle herself from patriarchy, ultimately she is abandoned to her own self.”
“Sometimes Tally felt she could almost accept brain damage if it meant a life without reconstituted noodles.”