Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963)[1] is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the Uglies and the Leviathan series. (wikipedia)
you're infamous, Tally. Everyone's terrified of you. The new system may have made the other cities nervous, but they seem to think my little gang of psychotic sixteen-year-olds is worse" - Cable to Tally
But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.
What happens when perfection isn't good enough?
He makes me feel like that. Like flying.
Okay... That's still blind-making.
there was a beautiful princess with a prince kissing her lips only the prince was totally ugly
She carried a knife inside of herself now, one that was always cutting her. She could feel it every time she swallowed, every time her thoughts strayed from the splendor of the wild.
It's just programming" "No. It's because I love him
He squeezed her hand. "Then I'll come get you, wherever you are when it happens. We'll be okay." "But what about everybody else?" He stared out across the river, nodding slowly. "My guess is, everybody else is in big trouble.
My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly