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What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Thinking
Ugly
Beauty
Makes
Beautiful
Way
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Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.
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The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!” Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?” “Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down!
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Lilt pulled away. I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I helped him do it... She shook her head, tears tracking the dust off her face, and turned to stare at the fallen tower. Have we all gone mad to want this?
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I go where the lizards tell me.
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The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.
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Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.
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The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.
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