“Nature can blow me.”

“Cure for writer's block: blow something up(in the story)”

“Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech:Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!”

“Maybe the natural world wasn't so jaw-droppingly horrible, appaling, nasty, vile. Sometimes nature could be quite sweet, really, as delicate as a confused and horny butterfly.”

“Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.”

“Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee. -Jonathan”

“It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.”