Scott Westerfeld: Trending quotes

“That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both.”

“Never give us what we really want. Cut the dream into pieces and scatter them like ashes. Dole out the empty promises. Package our aspirations and sell them to us, cheaply made enough to fall apart.”

“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”

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

“Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.”

“… I want those perfect eyes and lips, and for everyone to look at me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me to think Who's that? and want to get to know me, and listen to what I say."
"I'd rather have something to say.”

“Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.”

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

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

“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

“You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.”

“Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.”

“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”

“I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.”

“Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.”

“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.”

“I love you all. But it's time to say good-bye, for now.
be careful with the world, or the next time we meet, it might get ugly.
-Tally Youngblood”

“We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.”