“Wow," came a familiar voice, "Hypochondriac killed the cat."
-Dess”
― Scott Westerfeld, quote from The Secret Hour
“Apparently textbooks were an endangered species here in Bixby, Oklahoma. ”
― Scott Westerfeld, quote from The Secret Hour
“He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.”
― Scott Westerfeld, quote from The Secret Hour
“She laughed and broke into a run, racing out to grab handfuls of raindrops from the air, all alone in a world of diamonds.”
― Scott Westerfeld, quote from The Secret Hour
“As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.”
― Scott Westerfeld, quote from The Secret Hour
“Didn't any of these brainless wonders ever notice that TV shows were called programs? the same word that meant a bunch of numbers stuck into a computer to make it dance for its masters?”
― Scott Westerfeld, quote from The Secret Hour
“The moment her feet touched the floor, a chill ran up her spine. She was standing on her sweatshirt, which lay next to her bed in a crumpled pile. It was soaking wet.”
― Scott Westerfeld, quote from The Secret Hour
Scott Westerfeld
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“I got up on time this morning, boarded the train, changed to the subway, and worked like an aggressive career woman in one of the biggest corporations around. At night I transformed into a prostitute sought out by men. Suddenly I remembered the argument I had had earlier with Arai and stopped short. I'm a company employee day and night. Or is it that I'm a prostitute night and day? Which is it? Which one is me?”
― Natsuo Kirino, quote from Grotesque
“The blackness that smothers me is total, and in the moment before everything falls away, I know what it feels like to be dead.”
― Michelle Zink, quote from Prophecy of the Sisters
“Strong fingers against her face, his arm holding her tightly in place. “The blood you taste is freely given,” he murmured in her ear. “It intoxicates.” She”
― Nalini Singh, quote from Lord of the Abyss
“At the end of our conversation she (Martha Stout) turned to address you, the reader. She said if you're beginning to feel worried that you may be a psychopath, if you recognize some of those traits in yourself, if you're feeling a creeping anxiety about it, that means you are not one.”
― Jon Ronson, quote from The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
“Men grow cold as girls grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end.
How prettily Lorelei Lee sang these mordant lyrics!”
― Joyce Carol Oates, quote from Blonde
Lord Foul's Bane
Lover at Last
Faust
Night Embrace
A Fistful of Charms
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