Scott Westerfeld Quotes

Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?

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• I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.

  

  Nathalie Sarraute
  • Know
  • Week
  • France

• Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.

  

  Nancy Willard
  • Heart
  • Heaven
  • Three

• A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.

  

  Kaia Gerber
  • People
  • Truth
  • Mom

• I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Thinking
  • Country
  • Looking

• Stay calm and aggressive.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Calm
  • Stay
  • Aggressive

• In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
  • Real
  • Hurt

• My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.

  

  Samaire Armstrong
  • Family
  • Training
  • Yourself

• My family are my friends.

  

  Becky G
  • Family
  • Friends

• My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Love
  • Art
  • See

• No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.

  

  Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
  • World
  • Powerful
  • Justice

• 'Just Can't Let You Go' is a song about passion. It's when you have such a strong passion and love for someone or something that your heart just can't let it go. Whether it's a special boy, girl, or that feeling you get when performing on stage or playing a sport. For me, my passion is music. I just can't let it go!

  

  Manika
  • Music
  • Girl
  • Feeling

• Writing 'Native Guard,' I didn't know I was working on a single book. I began writing that book because I was interested in the lesser-known history of these black soldiers stationed off the coast of my hometown.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Writing
  • Book
  • History

• How many chapters have been written about love verses - and how many more might be written! - might, would, could, should, or ought to be written! - I will venture to say, will be written!

  

  Samuel Lover
  • Love
  • Say
  • Venture

• She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Age
  • Young
  • Hard

• I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.

  

  Jim Talent
  • Work
  • Marriage
  • Poverty

• There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality.

  

  Claire McCaskill
  • People
  • Live
  • True

• A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to.

  

  Mark Kelly
  • Life
  • Up
  • Space

• I'm kind of a jeans and T-shirt guy.

  

  Kevin Dillon
  • Guy

• Out there on the rocks, I feel exceedingly happy.

  

  Naomi Uemura
  • Happy
  • Feel
  • Rocks

• I think it's my nature to - every time I hear about an award or a nomination, it makes me realize how much I must've been losing before, because I was not aware that every major city had these critics' awards.

  

  Jesse Eisenberg
  • Time
  • Nature
  • City

• It's just that for so many people that I know, Christianity's this matter of... it has everything to do with morals. Christianity is a religion about morals. And they will even talk about Jesus. And they will say kids need to know about Jesus so they won't smoke, drink, or dance, or go with girls that do, and all that kind of thing. And I kinda go, 'That's not why people need to know about Jesus. The only reason - The only possible excuse for talking about Jesus is because we need a Savior.'

  

  Rich Mullins
  • People
  • Kids
  • Girl

• Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Children
  • Purpose
  • Animals

• Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?

  

  Scott Westerfeld