Mind-Rain Quotes

“Personally, no matter how tempting it might be, I make it a policy not to surgically bestow near invincibility upon the people who would most like to see me dead.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series

“Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.”
― Ted Chiang, Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series

“Tally's body is constantly changing (much like a real teenager's body does) - going from ugly to pretty to Crim to special to ... whatever she is at the end of the series. How much of Tally's body is really hers and not just some smart plastic and ceramic bone? If even her brain is being operated on, then how does Tally stay Tally? How do we know, as readers, that it's still her in there? That she hasn't become totally pretty, or totally special?
Through her use of language. Through the things she says, the way she speaks, the slang she uses. When your brain, body, and lifestyle are in a constant state of change, language is your only constant. Language is the way you shape and express your identity.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series

“Tally's journey from ugly to pretty to special and then out the other side is not just a physical journey. It's also a journey through language, as Tally takes on the slang of her various new cliques and then slowly comes to realize that when your body keeps changing, sometimes the way you speak is the only piece of you that you can hold on to.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series