Scott Westerfeld Quotes

“Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.”
― Scott Westerfeld, So Yesterday

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

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

“I'm a girl."
When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression.
"Indeed," she said.
Deryn's mouth feel open. "You mean you...Did you barking know?"
"I had no idea at all. But I make it a policy never to appear surprised." Dr. Barlow sighed, staring out the window. "Though on this occasion, it is proving rather more demanding than usual. A girl, you say? And you're quite certain?”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“Not everything made you stronger. It was possible to survive, yet still be crippled for your trouble. Sometimes it was okay to run away, to skip the test, to chicken out. Or at least to get some help.”
― Scott Westerfeld

“Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'."
"Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled.
"And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“There was a species of middle pretty who smiled at everything: happy smile, disappointed smile, you're-in-trouble smile.”
― Scott Westerfeld

“People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Peeps

“You'd think that in a fight, NOT MOVING would be a bad habit!”
― Scott Westerfeld

“I love my virginity to the apocalypse.”
― Scott Westerfeld

“Bubbly is bogus.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Pretties

“They'll be fine," Wickersham said. "Practice makes perfect."
I had to ask. "You practice running away?"
"We knew we'd make enemies. Other organizations have fire drills; we have oh-shit-someone-found-our-ass drills.”
― Scott Westerfeld, So Yesterday

“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 in twenty viewers actually had a bad reaction. And it was mostly kids who were affected. I mean younger than you guys. I think the average age was about ten.'
That made me feel somewhat better.
But that was a kid's show,' said Jen. 'Maybe it affects everyone, but not that many adults were watching.'
That made me feel less better. I wanted my protective bangs back.”
― Scott Westerfeld, So Yesterday

“You know,' I called, 'you're the one that's going to have to explain to Max how you got your blender back.'
I'll tell him I astral-projected. Butt-head.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Peeps

“I'll tell him I astral-projected. Butt-head. ”
― Scott Westerfeld

“She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans."
Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?"
"We need another plan," Hiro said.”
― Scott Westerfeld

“Lace: "Are you saying that your fat-ass cat has turned me into a vampire?"

Cal: "Um, maybe?”
― Scott Westerfeld, Peeps

“God, you mean I lost my virginity to the apocalypse?!”
― Scott Westerfeld, Peeps

“As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.”
― Scott Westerfeld, The Secret Hour

“Run and hide. We're on our way.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Extras

“Tally really didn't have the strength to explain that she'd really meant her hangover, which was sprawled in her head like an overweight cat, sullen and squishy and disinclined to budge.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Pretties

“She pulled away, his grip no stronger than the strands of a spider web.”
― Scott Westerfeld

“Along its raw dirt floor, puddles of afternoon rain reflected the starlit sky, like jagged slivers of mirror.”
― Scott Westerfeld

“The Rusties had more than one dream ..... After the first crude city killers were invented... they were redesigned to send people into space. Death and hope in one machine,”
― Scott Westerfeld, Extras