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It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#peeps #scott-la #scott-westerfeld #life

Not everything made you stronger. It was possible to survive, yet still be crippled for your trouble. Sometimes it was okay to run away, to skip the test, to chicken out. Or at least to get some help. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#midnighters #scott-la #scott-westerfeld #life

Do you love him?" Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#flying #goliath #love #scott-westerfeld #love

Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#borvil #goliath #insults #leviathan #scott-westerfeld

God, you mean I lost my virginity to the apocalypse?! ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#peeps #scott-westerfeld #apocalypse

I kissed him once," she whispered. "Well done. What did he do?" "Um..." Deryn sighed. "He woke up. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#love #scott #westerfeld #love

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. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#scott-westerfeld #humor

She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans." Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" "We need another plan," Hiro said. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#humor #scott-westerfeld #humor

I love my virginity to the apocalypse. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

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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

#peeps #scott-la #scott-westerfeld #life