Quote

Once we turn, it’s new pretty, middle pretty, late pretty.” Shay dropped her arms, and her board stopped drifting. “Then dead pretty.

Scott Westerfeld

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Dead
Shay
Turn
Drifting
Pretty
Dropped
Middle
Board
Turns
Boards
Stopped
Late
Arms

More quotes by Scott Westerfeld

Image
The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
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?
Scott Westerfeld
Image
Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace
Scott Westerfeld
Image
Frighteningly Beautiful, Dangerously Strong, Breathtakingly Fast. Face it Tally-wa you're special.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
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
Image
The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
She couldn't disappoint the whole village. There were no wallscreens here, no newsfeeds or satellites bands, and touring soccer teams were no doubt few and far between. (...), that made stories a valuable commodity, and it probably wasn't very often that a stranger dropped in from the sky.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
When the term machine gun enters common parlance, the word machine becomes much more sinister.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
Never bored on a hoverboard.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
Having a brain hurt so much sometimes.
Scott Westerfeld
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 easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
I love you all. But it's time to say good-bye, for now. be careful with the world, or the next time we meet, it might get ugly. -Tally Youngblood
Scott Westerfeld
Image
Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The warden came closer, confusion all over his middle-pretty face. Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. I'm Tally Youngblood, she said. Make me pretty.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
I go where the lizards tell me.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are
Scott Westerfeld
Image
It's just been a long week, that's all. It's monday night, Jess. My point exactly.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil.
Scott Westerfeld
Image
You're insane! she shouted. Pretty cool, huh? No!Tally yelled. Why didn't you tell me it was broken? Shay shrugged. More fun that way? More fun? Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief and...joy. Well, kind of. But you suck!
Scott Westerfeld