Home / Quotes / Quote by Scott Westerfeld

Quote by Scott Westerfeld

“You'd think that in a fight, NOT MOVING would be a bad habit!”

Author

Scott Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an acclaimed American author of young adult science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best known for the "Uglies" series, a dystopian franchise that has sold millions of copies worldwide. His works often explore themes of technology, identity, and societal transformation, appealing to both teenage and adult readers. Westerfeld's wife is author Justine Larbalestier. more

“A tiny dark object came sailing out of the window and landed at the giant's feet. Polybotes yelled, "Grenade!" He covered his face. His troops hit the ground. When the thing did not explode, Polybotes bent down cautiously and picked it up. He roared in outrage. "A Ding Dong? You dare insult me with a Ding Dong?" He threw the cake back at the shop, and it vaporized in the light.”

Light Faces Dark Feet Objects Window Dare Tiny Giants Insult Shops Covered Cake Troops Bent Sailing Outrage Grenade

Author:Rick Riordan

“Fear is the State's psychological weapon of choice to frighten citizens into sacrificing their basic freedoms and rule-of-law protections in exchange for the security promised by their all-powerful government.”

States Government Law Choices Fear Powerful Sacrifice Security Citizens Weapons Protection Psychological Rule Of Law Powerful Government

Author:Philip Zimbardo

“The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.”

World Way Doors Barriers Closed Doors

Book:Gravity and Grace

Source: Gravity and Grace

“When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain.”

Certain Speak Morrow

Book:A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two

Source: A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two

“We look at mountains and call them eternal, and they seem... but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers change their courses, starts fall from the sky, and great cities sink beneath the sea. Even gods die, we think. Everything changes.”

Thinking Looks Seems Dies Fall Courses Cities Sea Sky Mountain Eternal Rivers Great Cities Rise And Fall

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

“Only the soldier pines and sentinels still showed green; the broadleaf trees had donned mantles of russet and gold, or else uncloaked themselves to scratch against the sky with branches brown and bare.”

Stills Tree Sky Gold Green Soldier Branches Brown Scratches Sentinels

Book:A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four

Source: A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four

“The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.”

Way Ends Lays

Book:New Spring: A Wheel of Time Prequel

Source: New Spring: A Wheel of Time Prequel

“Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will.”

Kind Simple Environmental Free Will Depressing Determinism Fondness

Author:Matt Ridley

“When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.”