Scott Westerfeld: Trending quotes (page 5)

“Emperors are vain and useless things.”

“The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.”

“He makes me feel like that. Like flying.”

“Doing what you're supposed to do is always boring. I can't imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.”

“There was a species of middle pretty who smiled at everything: happy smile, disappointed smile, you're-in-trouble smile.”

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

“You can't blame a match for a house made of straw”

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

“Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.”

“But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.”

“My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly”

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

“Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?"

"I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.”

“People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.”

“Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

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

“The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.”

“Fifteen!" Dess's distant cry reached him. "Where the hell are you, Rex? Ten. You're-an-idiot-nine, get-back-here-eight, you-dimwit-seven…”

“Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle.”