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Scott Westerfeld è uno scrittore statunitense.

Nato in Texas, oggi si divide tra Sydney, nel Nuovo Galles del Sud, in Australia, e New York City.

Nel 2001 ha sposato la scrittrice australiana Justine Larbalestier. Wikipedia  

✵ 5. Maggio 1963  •  Altri nomi اسکات وسترفیلد
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Scott Westerfeld frasi celebri

“Inattaccabile. Inoppugnabile. Perfettissima.”

Scott Westerfeld libro Blue Noon

Blue Noon

“Paradigmatica Autorevolezza Extranumerica”

Scott Westerfeld libro Blue Noon

Blue Noon

“«Be', potete anche non crederci, ma la gente si metteva davvero in maschera», rispose Rex. «Ma il rituale più importante consisteva nell'accendere dei falò. Bruciavano tutto quello che potevano, persino le ossa dei vitelli macellati, sperando di poter scacciare la notte per qualche ora in più. Naturalmente, sapevano che l'inverno avrebbe vinto prima o poi. Samhain riconosce l'avvento dell'oscurità». «Ehi», disse Dess. «Ecco una bella cartolina di auguri: "Spero che tu e i tuoi passiate un bell'avvento dell'oscurità"».”

Scott Westerfeld libro Blue Noon

Blue Noon

“«Aspettate un attimo!», esclamò all'improvviso Melissa. «Sta finendo». Rex prese di scatto il foglio e lo tolse dal tavolo. «Preparatevi.» Jonathan si fissò con forza sulla sedia. Melissa si fiorò di nuovo le tempie nella stessa posizione in cui stava quando era iniziata l'eclissi. Dess cercò di ricordarsi cosa stava facendo - probabilmente guardava Melissa e si chiedeva cosa diavolo avesse da strillare. Si girò verso la Telepate ele rifilò un adeguato sguardo di disprezzo.”

Scott Westerfeld libro Blue Noon

Blue Noon

Scott Westerfeld: Frasi in inglese

“But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Uglies

Origine: Uglies

“Wow," came a familiar voice, "Hypochondriac killed the cat."
-Dess”

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Scott Westerfeld libro The Secret Hour

Origine: The Secret Hour

“Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?"

"I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Goliath

Origine: Goliath

“People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Peeps

Origine: Peeps

“The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Uglies

Origine: Uglies

“Fifteen!" Dess's distant cry reached him. "Where the hell are you, Rex? Ten. You're-an-idiot-nine, get-back-here-eight, you-dimwit-seven…”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Blue Noon

Origine: Blue Noon

“Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle.”

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“The man was allergic to sleep.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Leviathan

Origine: Leviathan

“Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?"

"Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Goliath

Origine: Goliath

“What if destiny doesn't care?”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Goliath

Origine: Goliath

“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Uglies

Origine: Uglies

“Apparently textbooks were an endangered species here in Bixby, Oklahoma.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro The Secret Hour

Origine: The Secret Hour

“She carried a knife inside of herself now, one that was always cutting her. She could feel it every time she swallowed, every time her thoughts strayed from the splendor of the wild.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Specials

Origine: Specials

“they walked with a pedatory grace…. one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance"….”

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“And you know, these things don't last forever.'

I know, Mandy. Nothing does.'

That's the spirit.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro So Yesterday

Origine: So Yesterday

“He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!"

"As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Goliath

Origine: Goliath

“I go where the lizards tell me.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Behemoth

Origine: Behemoth

“So, there was this beautiful princess.
She was locked in a high tower(…)She was stuck up there(…)So the only thing was to jump.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Pretties

Origine: Pretties

“Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems it threw at you could be solved rationally.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Pretties

Origine: Pretties

“Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Leviathan

Origine: Leviathan

“However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Uglies

Origine: Uglies

“It's just been a long week, that's all."
"It's monday night, Jess."
"My point exactly.”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Touching Darkness

Origine: Touching Darkness

“So what are those balloons for? In case you fall off your hoverboard?' -- Tally to Peris”

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Scott Westerfeld libro Specials

Origine: Specials

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