Quotes from Scott Westerfeld

All that glitters is not hovery.

Bubbly is bogus.

So what are those balloons for? In case you fall off your hoverboard?' -- Tally to Peris

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city. There are no limits in war, Volger said, still staring out the window.

Sooner or later usually means too late

so pRetty i hAd to Eat hiM

Where did you get that idea for a nose? - Frizz Mizuno

the parties are no fun until everyone gets drunk

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.

Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry.

that was what kept the world interesting...reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.

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?

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.

What about a hoverboard? It's waiting on the roof, of course. Dr. Cable snorted. What is it about you miscreants and those things?

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 of brainwashing, surgeries, and cures... That, and all the mistakes I've made. All the people I've disappointed.

Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look, she said. No, David said. It changes the way you think.

That was the whole point of being special: You existed to make sure everyone else behaved, but that didn't mean YOU had to.

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

But they're already singing our praises! They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.

You and David could both be right. Maybe human beings are programmed … to help one another, even to fall in love. But just because it's human nature doesn't make it bad, Tally. Besides, we had a whole city of pretties to choose from, and we chose each other.-Zane

Real life doesn't have many happy endings. Why shouldn't books make up the difference?

It's just the way things are. she shrugged. It's no one's fault. Or everyone's.

In the blue time, math kicked ass. -Dess

Dess shook her head. Before he walked off, Rex said for you to wait. He said it's totally important you don't touch Angie until he comes back. and he said that if you were a pain about it, I get to hit you with that. She pointed to where the darkling had flung Flabbergasted Supernumerary Mathematician, its tip blackened by ichor and fire. So, go ahead.