She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking …

Scott Westerfeld
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She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one. ✨ Scott Westerfeld (2015). Uglies & Pretties: Uglies; Pretties, p.236, Simon and Schuster
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