...this is life. Right here in this room, with you, is life.

— Scott Westerfeld

Very put her own arms around herself, but it didn't feel the same." Barking spiders," she muttered softly,

— Scott Westerfeld

Weird, even for one of us. Or maybe she's worse."" Worse how?"" Normal.

— Scott Westerfeld

We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. Furthermore, we may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.

— Scott Westerfeld

What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories, you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.

— Scott Westerfeld

What if destiny doesn't care?

— Scott Westerfeld

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

— Scott Westerfeld

When she awoke, the world was on fire.

— Scott Westerfeld

With everything so perfect, reality seemed somehow fragile, as if the slightest interruption could imperil her pretty future... all of it felt as tenuous as a soap bubble, shivering and empty.

— Scott Westerfeld

You don't know what it's like, when your best friend disappears.

— Scott Westerfeld