Scott Westerfeld
Money's the same, whoever gives it to you. That was the point of money, after all: crisp and clean or wrinkled or disintegrated into quarters - a dollar was always worth a hundred cents.
Scott WesterfeldWe don't always get to choose what we love.
Scott WesterfeldIt doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.
Scott WesterfeldFreedom has a way of destroying things.
Scott WesterfeldJunkies might be easy to knock down, but they're never fragile. They have souls like old leather shoes studded with steel, and they're about as much good as friends.
Scott WesterfeldEveryone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain
Scott WesterfeldI can't imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.
Scott WesterfeldI guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.
Scott WesterfeldA little drama wins more friends than boring.
Scott WesterfeldHere's what I've learned about dogs: They're a lot like pretty girls. Having one or two around makes everything more fun, but when you get a whole bunch together, it turns into one big power struggle.
Scott WesterfeldWhat you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.
Scott WesterfeldHard work's a good distraction.
Scott WesterfeldPeople only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.
Scott WesterfeldIt's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.
Scott WesterfeldI'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.
Scott WesterfeldThe human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
Scott WesterfeldTurns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.
Scott Westerfeld
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