Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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They walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance".
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A little drama wins more friends than boring.
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Frighteningly Beautiful, Dangerously Strong, Breathtakingly Fast. Face it Tally-wa you're special.
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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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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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It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.
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Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
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Fuzzy Tally is no more.
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the parties are no fun until everyone gets drunk
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Maybe when you look at your face 50 times its really not that interesting anymore
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Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.
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Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.
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I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.
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As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)
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The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.
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Cure for writer's block: blow something up(in the story)
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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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And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one in twenty viewers actually had a bad reaction. And it was mostly kids who were affected. I mean younger than you guys. I think the average age was about ten.' That made me feel somewhat better. But that was a kid's show,' said Jen. 'Maybe it affects everyone, but not that many adults were watching.' That made me feel less better. I wanted my protective bangs back.
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Okay... That's still blind-making.
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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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Tally wondered if you could talk somebody out of their brain damage.
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Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.
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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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We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in.