The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people,… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Ring around the rosie. A pocket full of posie. Ashes ashes, we all fall down. Some people say that this poem is… — 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 Copy Share Image
People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
I'm not the one going for a biology degree. I'm just a philosophy major who eats people. — Scott Westerfeld 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
Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them… — Scott Westerfeld 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 have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don't agree with me. — 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
Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said.… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Your father always suspected that being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They want to be vapid and lazy… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Tally-When you looked around at everyone else how come you didn’t notice they were brain damaged? Az - We didn’t have much… — 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 itself, selfish… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
High school wasn't a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Sure, zombies can “be a metaphor.” They can represent the oppressed, as in Land of the Dead, or humanity’s feral nature, as in 28… — 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. But she… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Weird, even for one of us. Or maybe she's worse." "Worse how?" "Normal.” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
