Scott Westerfeld Quotes - Page 2

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• Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Ideas, Oil, Environmental

  Twitter post from Mar 20, 2014

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• Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything answered.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Book, Want, Reader

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• You're insane!" she shouted. "Pretty cool, huh?" "No!"Tally yelled. "Why didn't you tell me it was broken?" Shay shrugged. "More fun that way?" "More fun?" Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief and...joy. "Well, kind of. But you suck!

  Scott Westerfeld

  Fun, Heart, Broken

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• Haven't you ever known someone rejected by a lover, who, consumed by rage and jealousy, never lets go? They look on from a distance, unseen but boiling inside. The emotion never seems to tire, this hatred mixed with intense obsession, even with a kind of twisted love.

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  Love, Letting Go, Distance

  Scott Westerfeld (2006). “Peeps”, p.23, Penguin

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• Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!

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  Girl, Inspiration, Air

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• It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.

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  Believe, Convincing

  Scott Westerfeld (2010). “Specials”, p.247, Simon and Schuster

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• Life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

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  Instruction, Manuals

  Scott Westerfeld (2010). “Extras”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Talking, Brain, Dying

  Scott Westerfeld (2010). “Extras”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.

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  Survival, Way, Should

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• Having a brain hurt so much sometimes.

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  Hurt, Brain, Sometimes

  Scott Westerfeld (2010). “Specials”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

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  Noble, Deeds, Chaos

  Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson (2009). “Leviathan”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• We don't always get to choose what we love.

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  Love

  Scott Westerfeld (2007). “The Last Days”, p.193, Penguin

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• What happens when perfection isn't good enough?

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  Perfection, Good Enough, Enough

  Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti (2015). “Zeroes”, p.566, Simon and Schuster

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• He squeezed her hand. "Then I'll come get you, wherever you are when it happens. We'll be okay." "But what about everybody else?" He stared out across the river, nodding slowly. "My guess is, everybody else is in big trouble.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Hands, Rivers, Nodding

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

  Scott Westerfeld

  Want, I Want You, Ifs

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• Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so touchy. He grasped her waist, sending a crackle across her skin. If Alek moved his hands any higher, he might notice what was hidden beneath her careful tailoring. “Always keep sideways to your opponent,” he said, gently turning her. “That way, your chest presents the smallest possible target.” “Aye, the smallest possible target,” Deryn sighed. Her secret was safe, it seemed.

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  Hands, Secret, Skins

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• I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.

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  Fun, Having Fun, Imagine

  Scott Westerfeld (2015). “Uglies & Pretties: Uglies; Pretties”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.

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  Summer, Cat, Sky

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Goliath”, p.549, Simon and Schuster

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• I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy

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  Enemy, My Best Friend, Sometimes

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• Junkies might be easy to knock down, but they're never fragile. They have souls like old leather shoes studded with steel, and they're about as much good as friends.

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  Shoes, Soul, Steel

  Scott Westerfeld (2007). “The Last Days”, p.85, Penguin

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• Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

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  Doing Nothing, Sometimes, Hardest

  Scott Westerfeld (2010). “Extras”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Nature, Travel, Life Is

  Scott Westerfeld (2006). “Peeps”, p.5, Penguin

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• He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.

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  War, Men, Thinking

  Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson (2012). “Goliath”, p.107, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Dream, Fall, Cutting

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• 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.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Smart, Eye, Use

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Extras”, p.331, Simon and Schuster

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