“Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.”

“I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy”

“they walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance"....”

“Sometimes, the hardest thing was doingnothing.”

“It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.”

“Never bored on a hoverboard.”

“Dess shook her head. "Before he walked off, Rex said for you to wait. He said it's totally important you don't touch Angie until he comes back. and he said that if you were a pain about it, I get to hit you with that." She pointed to where the darkling had flung Flabbergasted Supernumerary Mathematician, its tip blackened by ichor and fire. "So, go ahead.”