Scott Westerfeld quotes - page 5

It's just programming" "No. It's because I love him. (Scott Westerfeld)
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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I go where the lizards tell me.
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Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems it threw at you could be solved rationally.
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All that glitters is not hovery.
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Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.
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However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.
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History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep.
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Lilt pulled away. "I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I helped him do it..." She shook her head, tears tracking the dust off her face, and turned to stare at the fallen tower. "Have we all gone mad to want this?
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That was the whole point of being special: You existed to make sure everyone else behaved, but that didn't mean YOU had to.
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Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry. (Scott Westerfeld)
the parties are no fun until everyone gets drunk.
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Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.
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so pRetty i hAd to Eat hiM.
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If you see everything through hovercams and feed stories, you wind up blind to what's right in front of you.
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I'm not sure what I am anymore... Sometimes I think I'm nothing but what other people have done to me―a big collection of brainwashing, surgeries, and cures... That, and all the mistakes I've made. All the people I've disappointed.
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No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.
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Once you told yourself a story enough times, it was so easy to keep on believing it.
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Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.
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So, there was this beautiful princess. She was locked in a high tower(...)She was stuck up there(...)So the only thing was to jump.
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they walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance".... (Scott Westerfeld)
Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.
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There was a species of middle pretty who smiled at everything: happy smile, disappointed smile, you're-in-trouble smile.
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It's just the way things are." she shrugged. "It's no one's fault." "Or everyone's.
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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!
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