Maybe they’re not as mindless as we thought, or so dedicated to turning every last human into one of them. Like Kalyn says, they were just bored, waiting for something better to happen. And that better thing is us.

— Scott Westerfeld

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

— Scott Westerfeld

More lies, but maybe lies were better than the truth.

— Scott Westerfeld

Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.

— Scott Westerfeld

Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.

— Scott Westerfeld

No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.

— Scott Westerfeld

Now, young lady, I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.

— Scott Westerfeld

Once we turn, it’s new pretty, middle pretty, late pretty.” Shay dropped her arms, and her board stopped drifting. “Then dead pretty.

— Scott Westerfeld

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

— Scott Westerfeld

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

— Scott Westerfeld