Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night… — Scott Westerfeld Dark Copy Share Image
Let me get this stright, Aya-Chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't… — Scott Westerfeld Facts Copy Share Image
Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things. — Scott Westerfeld Beautiful Copy Share Image
I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
You’d best ask the lady boffin, sir,” Newkirk said. “Midshipmen aren’t allowed to have opinions. — Scott Westerfeld Opinion Copy Share Image
A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane. — Scott Westerfeld Bottled water Copy Share Image
Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same. — Scott Westerfeld Conclusion Copy Share Image
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… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“The Germans were still hunting Alek, trying to finish the job they’d started on his parents. Someone had to be on his… — Scott Westerfeld Heart Copy Share Image
“Miss Rogers waved a hand. "But Mr. Hearst just wants a dramatic story. If the rebels destroy us, he'll get no story… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Why are you still wearing...?" Aya began. "Oh, that's not smart plastic? You're really an ugly?" David rolled his eyes and Shay… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
One of the most common questions writers are asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" But the sad truth is, we… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“The moment her feet touched the floor, a chill ran up her spine. She was standing on her sweatshirt, which lay next… — Scott Westerfeld Time Copy Share Image
“The physical beauty…also cleared her mind of worries. Every day seemed to change the mountain, the sky, and the surrounding valleys, making… — Scott Westerfeld Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Assisted him? Dylan made the repairs. I only fell and hit my head, from what I can recall. Yes, I make excellent… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission. — Scott Westerfeld Goals Copy Share Image
“She wondered if if there was anyone out there, really, or if David was just some story the Uglies made up to… — Scott Westerfeld Heart Copy Share Image
“And even though her journal was just random sentences, she did spin stories in my head. The sound of her voice made… — Scott Westerfeld Dreams Copy Share Image
That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both. — Scott Westerfeld Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Jen's an impact player, a spoiled brat, a royal pain-in-the-ass, and she rewires me like nothing else.” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“It's exciting. But you can't keep fighting the way things are forever.” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Not just your face was changed by the knife. Your personality— the real you inside— was the price of beauty.” — Scott Westerfeld Beauty Copy Share Image
Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring… — Scott Westerfeld Cities Copy Share Image
“There was something magic in their large perfect eyes, something that made you pay attention” — Scott Westerfeld Eyes Copy Share Image
However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay. — Scott Westerfeld Choice Copy Share Image
“Are you saying that your fat-ass cat has turned me into a vampire? Um, maybe?” — Scott Westerfeld Vampire Copy Share Image
“I swallowed my screams whole. They went down my throat as sharp-cornered and cold as ice cubes.” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient, while iPods and phones are all microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects. Compare that to… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of the other plants, out of the soil… — Scott Westerfeld Gardening Copy Share Image
I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the… — Scott Westerfeld Book Copy Share Image
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… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
I like my first lines short and declarative. No complicated sentences. Of course, that's not really a Scott thing. It's pretty classic… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“You don't look very happy." Tally tried to smile. David had shared his biggest secret with her; she should tell him hers.… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Maybe the natural world wasn't so jaw-droppingly horrible, appaling, nasty, vile. Sometimes nature could be quite sweet, really, as delicate as a… — Scott Westerfeld Natural world Copy Share Image
“Make a list of all the varieties of aliens you can come up with. (And if it's less than 3,000, then THE… — Scott Westerfeld Aliens Copy Share Image