“That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead.”

“Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago...”

“Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.”

“It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.”

“Do you love him?"Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.”

“Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.”

“Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.”