Scott Westerfeld: Quotes about the world

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

“When she awoke, the world was on fire.”

“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”

“Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at leastto grow your own brain.”

“In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.”

“Be careful with the world, or the next time we meet, it might get ugly.”

“The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.”

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

“The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!”
Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?”
“Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down!”