And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe.… — 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
He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
...I want those perfect eyes and lips, and for everyone to look at me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me… — Scott Westerfeld 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
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
But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?" "I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
you're infamous, Tally. Everyone's terrified of you. The new system may have made the other cities nervous, but they seem to think… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're..." "Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger 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
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
Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?" "Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but… — 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
