Quotes by Scott Westerfeld

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.

No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.

You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.

Id watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against normal, not beside it. Locks didnt cure; they strangled.

What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, They lived happily ever after, and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

Nature didnt need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.

And the worst thing was, there were no mirrors out there in the wild, so the princess was left wondering whether she in fact was still beautiful... or if the fall had changed the story completely.

You look beautiful - David

...I want those perfect eyes and lips, and for everyone to look at me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me to think Whos that? and want to get to know me, and listen to what I say.Id rather have something to say.

But you werent born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.

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

Now,young lady,I suppose youre 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.

The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.

When she awoke, the world was on fire.

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

With everything so perfect, reality seemed somehow fragile, as if the slightest interruption could imperil her pretty future... all of it felt as tenuous as a soap bubble, shivering and empty.

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. Im Tally Youngblood, she said. make me pretty.

Do you love him?”Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. “He makes me feel like that. Like flying.”“Then, you have to tell him.”“I told you, I kissed him!”“It’s hardly the same. I kissed you, after all. That wasn’t love, Mr. Sharp.”“Aye, and what exactly was it?”“Curiosity.” Lilit smiled. “And as I said, you’re quite a dashing boy.”“But I’m pretty sure Alek doesn’t want a dashing boy!”“You can’t be sure until you ask.”Deryn shook her head. “You were raised to throw bombs. I wasn’t.”“Were you raised to wear trousers and be a soldier?