Scott Westerfeld Quotes

No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.

More lies, but maybe lies were better than the truth.

About Author

Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the Uglies and the Leviathan series.

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

Ignorance doesn't lead to salvation, nor does knowledge pave the way to sin. - Cinda Williams Chima

She scanned the captives, looking for Shay and David. The familiar faces in the crowd were haggard, dirty, crumpled by shock and defeat, but Tally realized that she no longer thought of them as ugly....

Even then, her mind had started to change, realizing that nature didn’t need an operation to make it beautiful, it just was.

You know,' I called, 'you're the one that's going to have to explain to Max how you got your blender back.'I'll tell him I astral-projected. Butt-head.

She squeezes my hand, and I feel that certainty I always had as a littlie. That I'm more than expendable. More than a body double.

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

Her only way home was to betray her friend.

Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.

She imagines herself as the long-dead Descartes, staring into his fireplace and building a world in his own mind.

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

I am steadfast.

I don’t want to be ugly all my life. 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 list...

I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady.Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.

I’m sick of the rules and boundaries. The last thing I want is to become some empty-headed new pretty, having one big party all day.

She couldn't disappoint the whole village. There were no wallscreens here, no newsfeeds or satellites bands, and touring soccer teams were no doubt few and far between. (...), that made stories a valu...

I stayed against the back wall, as far away as I could get. Not just to stay away from the Plague Lady but to be farther away from the weird old dolls that lined the shelves of her office. Real-lookin...

But they're already singing our praises!They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.