Quotes by Scott Westerfeld

“Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment."Work?" Tally said.They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.”

“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

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

“Do you love him?"Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.”

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

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

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

“And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.”

“Maybe human beings are programmed to help one another, even to fall in love. But just because it's human nature doesn't make it bad, Tally. Besides, we had a whole city of pretties to choose from,...”

“I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.”

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

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

“Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?" "I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.”

“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.”

“Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city.""There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window.”

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

“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”

“You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.”

“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; ...”

“The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.”