Quotes By Author: scott westerfeld

“Ignorance doesn’t lead to salvation, nor does knowledge pave the way to sin. – Cinda Williams Chima”

“She needed Andrew Simpson Smith, it was that simple. And he had spent his life training to help people like her. Gods. “Okay, Andrew. But let’s leave today. I’m in a hurry.””Of course. Today.” He stroked the place where his slight beard was beginning to grow. “These ruins where your friends are waiting? Where are they?”Tally glances up at the sun, still low enough to indicate the eastern horizon. After a moment’s calculation, she pointed off to the northwest, back toward the city and beyond that, the Rusty Ruins. “About a week’s walk that way.” “A week?””That means seven days.””Yes, I know the gods’ calendar,” he said huffily. “But a whole week?””Yeah. That’s not so far, is it?” The hunters had been tireless on their march the night before. He shook his head, an awed expression on his face. “But that is beyond the edge of the world.”

“Maybe she still was a pretty-head, making up irrational stories about the empty forest. The longer she stayed alone out here, the more Tally understood why the Rusties and their predecessors had believed in invisible beings, praying to placate spirits as they trashed the natural world around them.”

“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”

“And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.”

“I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.”

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

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