Scott Westerfeld Quotes

As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)

A rat called Possible New Strain was sitting under a spaghetti strainer held down with a pile of journalism textbooks, saying rude things in rat-speak.

You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.

That was the whole point of being special: You existed to make sure everyone else behaved, but that didn't mean YOU had to.

When the term "machine gun" enters common parlance, the word "machine" becomes much more sinister.

Having a brain hurt so much sometimes.

your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are

you just took on five million years of evolution again

there was a beautiful princess with a prince kissing her lips only the prince was totally ugly

the parties are no fun until everyone gets drunk

You fiddle lucker!' she cried.

maybe when you look at your face 50 times its really not that interesting anymore

We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in.

humanity is a cancer on the body of the world

Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace

I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also needed.

So what are those balloons for? In case you fall off your hoverboard?' -- Tally to Peris

Let me get this stright, Aya-Chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" -Frizz mizuno

He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're..." "Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car.

Around the outskirts of the city, cut off from town by the black oval of the river, everything was in darkness. Everyone ugly was in bed by now.

Never bored on a hoverboard.

Frighteningly Beautiful, Dangerously Strong, Breathtakingly Fast. Face it Tally-wa you're special.

Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago.

Their reasons don't mean anything unless I have a choice.

And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.

She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission.

And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.

Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.

What happens when perfection isn't good enough?

Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that's left is some story in a history class.

Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.

To everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last.

Where did you get that idea for a nose? - Frizz Mizuno

You young things are too easily persuaded by the touch of lips.

Wow," came a familiar voice, "Hypochondriac killed the cat." -Dess

Apparently textbooks were an endangered species here in Bixby, Oklahoma.

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.

It's just been a long week, that's all." "It's monday night, Jess." "My point exactly.

You're splitting?" "No sh*it, Sherlock.

You'd think that in a fight, NOT MOVING would be a bad habit!

I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.

Okay... That's still blind-making.

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.

It's just programming" "No. It's because I love him

She smiled, turning toward Alek. "You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.

Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee. -Jonathan

He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

Tally, do you ever suffer from sudden flashes of anger or euphoria, countersocial impulses, or feelings of superiority?