Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.
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He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.
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Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.
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You young things are too easily persuaded by the touch of lips.
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Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.
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There was a beautiful princess with a prince kissing her lips only the prince was totally ugly
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Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.
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Okay... That's still blind-making.
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It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.
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Once you told yourself a story enough times, it was so easy to keep on believing it.
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However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.
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You all say you need us. Well, maybe you do, but not to help, with the millions of bubbly new minds about to be unleashed, with all the cities coming awake at last. Together, you're more than enough to change the world without us. So from now on, David and I are here to stand in your way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
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Maybe when you look at your face 50 times its really not that interesting anymore
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You look beautiful - David
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I go where the lizards tell me.
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You and David could both be right. Maybe human beings are programmed … to help one another, even to fall in love. But just because it's human nature doesn't make it bad, Tally. Besides, we had a whole city of pretties to choose from, and we chose each other."-Zane
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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.
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I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.
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If you see everything through hovercams and feed stories, you wind up blind to what's right in front of you.
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Barking hard work, being a boy.
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Why are you still wearing...?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?" David rolled his eyes and Shay said quietly, "David's never had any surge at all. But I wouldn't use the word ugly...Tally might eat you.
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We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in.
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Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?" "I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.
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The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient, while iPods and phones are all microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects. Compare that to a steam engine, where you can watch the pistons move and feel the heat of its boilers. I think we miss that visceral appeal of the machine.