I moved to New York when I was 21 or 22 as a graduate fellow. Scott Westerfeld More Quotes by Scott Westerfeld More Quotes From Scott Westerfeld Having a brain hurt so much sometimes. Scott Westerfeld hurt brain sometimes Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil. Scott Westerfeld real hurt blood We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in. Scott Westerfeld kind needed world humanity is a cancer on the body of the world Scott Westerfeld cancer humanity world Around the outskirts of the city, cut off from town by the black oval of the river, everything was in darkness. Everyone ugly was in bed by now. Scott Westerfeld cutting cities rivers He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're..." "Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car. Scott Westerfeld car mind thinking Tally-When you looked around at everyone else how come you didn’t notice they were brain damaged? Az - We didn’t have much to compare our fellow citizens with. Only a few colleagues who seemed different from most people, more engaged, but that was hardly a surprise. History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep. Before the operation there were wars and mass hatred and clear cutting. Whatever these lesions make us, it isn’t a far cry from how humanity was in the rusty era. These days we’re just a bit easier to manage. Scott Westerfeld cutting sheep war So what are those balloons for? In case you fall off your hoverboard?' -- Tally to Peris Scott Westerfeld balloons cases fall You fiddle lucker!' she cried. Scott Westerfeld fiddle cried 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. Scott Westerfeld tough drs people It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself. Scott Westerfeld saws matter It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else. Scott Westerfeld convincing believe The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things. Scott Westerfeld useless-things beautiful world I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood Scott Westerfeld tally-youngblood Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces. Scott Westerfeld knives dark night She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission. Scott Westerfeld missions sneak ugly However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay. Scott Westerfeld eye choices stupid That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both. Scott Westerfeld dangerous beautiful 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. Scott Westerfeld orchids selfish weed Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty. Scott Westerfeld real-you real personality