Specials Scott Westerfeld Quotes & Sayings

It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else. — Scott Westerfeld

When the farthest corner of the globe has been conquered
technologically and can be exploited economically; when any incident you like, in any place you like, at any time you like, becomes
accessible as fast as you like; when you can simultaneously "experience" an assassination attempt against a king in France and a symphony concert in Tokyo; when time is nothing but speed, instantaneity, and simultaneity, and time as history has vanished from all
Being of all peoples; when a boxer counts as the great man of a
people; when the tallies of millions at mass meetings are a triumph;
then, yes then, there still looms like a specter over all this uproar the
question: what for? - where to? - and what then? — Martin Heidegger

She scanned the captives, looking for Shay and David. The familiar faces in the crowd were haggard, dirty, crumpled by shock and defeat, but Tally realized that she no longer thought of them as ugly. It was the cold expressions of the Specials, beautiful though they were, that seemed horrific to her now. A — Scott Westerfeld

But cockteasing is also a metaphor: she is someone who will manipulate your inner self while holding hers back from you. — Julian Barnes

Nobody feels ashamed of going to the dentist; it's socially appropriate to take care of your teeth, even preventively. In short, it's more normal to take care of our dental health than our mental health . . . it's more acceptable to care for our mouths than our minds. — Joe Dilley

Who are you? Be it. What do you love to do? Do it. Who do you love? Love them. The result: a fulfilling life. — Zoe McLellan

The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things. — Scott Westerfeld

Need help washing other places?"
"Yeah. I'm really dirty."
"I can't believe you said that with a straight face."
"I can't believe you'll do it anyway. — S.E. Jakes

The wounds were not on the surface, nor detectable by stethoscope. — Eric Lomax

That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become. — Scott Westerfeld

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat. — William F. Buckley Jr.