The librarian at the Smoke. He’s about 40 and, in Tally’s eyes, is unspeakably ugly: he has milky eyes, saggy skin, shuffles around, and his hands are claw-like. Tally notes that the Boss handles his books surprisingly gracefully despite being so seemingly old and decrepit. The Boss is fanatical about preserving his collection, especially magazines from the Rusty era. The Boss conspires with Tally to save a duffel bag full of magazines when Special Circumstances raids the Smoke, but though he manages to hide the magazines, a Special kills him.
The Boss Quotes in Uglies
The Uglies quotes below are all either spoken by The Boss or refer to The Boss. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“So this is what people looked like before the first pretty? How could anyone stand to open their eyes?”
“Yeah. It’s scary at first. But the weird thing is, if you keep looking at them, you kind of get used to it.”
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The Boss Quotes in Uglies
The Uglies quotes below are all either spoken by The Boss or refer to The Boss. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Model
Quotes
“So this is what people looked like before the first pretty? How could anyone stand to open their eyes?”
“Yeah. It’s scary at first. But the weird thing is, if you keep looking at them, you kind of get used to it.”
Related Characters:
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