Scott Westerfeld citations

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“And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time….
"Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.”

“I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.”

“Their reasons don't mean anything unless I have a choice.”

“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.”

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

“It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.”

“Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing
nothing.”

“Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.”

“Never bored on a hoverboard.”

“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.”

“Cure for writer's block: blow something up(in the story)”

“That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.”

“It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.”

“At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.”

“Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.”

“Why are you still wearing…?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?"
David rolled his eyes and Shay said quietly, "David's never had any surge at all. But I wouldn't use the word ugly… Tally might eat you.”

“your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are”

“you dont see me, now you do, but only if i want you to”

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

“The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.”

“Tally, do you ever suffer from sudden flashes of anger or euphoria, countersocial impulses, or feelings of superiority?”

“I'd 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 didn't cure; they strangled.”

“Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.”

“Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago…”

“Have a little faith in me, Volger."
"I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance.”

“High school wasn't a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had to provide the laugh track.”

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

“Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.”