472 Quotes by Scott Westerfeld

That’s how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both.

We don’t always get to choose what we love.

I’d watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal – against normal, not beside it. Locks didn’t cure; they strangled.

Sometimes the thoughts in my head get so bored they go out for a stroll through my mouth. This is rarely a good thing.

Freedom’s easy to lose and hard to get back.

But you weren’t born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.

Maybe they didn’t want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There’s always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that’s left is some story in a history class.

It’s not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I’ve done much longer trips on my own. It’s leaving home.

Maybe kissing is sort of like nature’s coffee. -Jonathan.