Scott Westerfeld Quotes

Ah. So he's forgotten the most important rule of warfare. Which is... That nothing ever goes to plan.

Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake.

I like my first lines short and declarative. No complicated sentences. Of course, that's not really a Scott thing. It's pretty classic grab-the-reader technique.

I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy

But they're already singing our praises!" "They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.

Hard work's a good distraction.

it's not called the Rusty Ruins because some guy called Rusty found them.

Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.

Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.

Emperors are vain and useless things.

And here in America rival newspapermen attack each other on sight?

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window.

But you know what? It's not my behavior I'm worried about anymore. It's yours.

But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new.

Do you love him?" Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

I make it a policy never to appear surprised" - Dr Barlow

Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems it threw at you could be solved rationally.

Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar.

What about a hoverboard?" "It's waiting on the roof, of course." Dr. Cable snorted. "What is it about you miscreants and those things?

If you see everything through hovercams and feed stories, you wind up blind to what's right in front of you.

Typographical laziness was slowly destroying our culture, according to Lexa and her pals. Inexactitude was death.

Do you love him?"Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.

Ignorance doesn't lead to salvation, nor does knowledge pave the way to sin. - Cinda Williams Chima

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.

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.

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city.""There are no limits in war, " Volger said, still staring out the window.

...humanity is a disease, a cancer on the body of the world.

Now, young lady, I suppose you're here for a work assignment."Work?" Tally said.They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.

It’s amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood, " she said. "make me pretty.

That was the trick - to keep punching, no matter what.

The universe is math on fire.

First love is amazing and wonderful, but a kind of panic underlies it, a sense of not knowing what you're doing.

And I kind of love it that you want to know everything.

...this is life. Right here in this room, with you, is life.

You don't know what it's like, when your best friend disappears.

Looking for a thousand years is worth it, if in the end you find what you need.

More lies, but maybe lies were better than the truth.

But I feel more real when I'm around her. Like I'm not fading.

The best way to know a city is to eat it.

As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.

Assisted him? Dylan made the repairs. I only fell and hit my head, from what I can recall. Yes, I make excellent deadweight.

Deryn put her own arms around herself, but it didn't feel the same."Barking spiders, " she muttered softly,

A milli-Helen is enough beauty to launch exactly one ship

Weird, even for one of us. Or maybe she's worse.""Worse how?""Normal.

I'm a girl."When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed, " she