"You all say you need us. Well, maybe you do, but not to help, with the millions of bubbly new minds about to be unleashed, with all the cities coming awake at last. Together, you're more than enough to change the world without us. So from now on, David and I are here to stand in your way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying things."

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Source : Scott Westerfeld (2010). “Specials”, p.315, Simon and Schuster

Scott Westerfeld

#Cities Quotes #Mind Quotes #Together Quotes

“I've been acting for years and years, at prep school - school plays, that kind of thing. That was always very high on my agenda. I went to study English for two reasons. Principally because when I was in university, studying drama wasn't considered an option. You couldn't get a degree course for it. And so many plays and things that I was interested in landed themselves in a broader spectrum of literature.”

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“Genius is full of trash.”
“Who does not grow, declines.”
“I might try that one thing, you know, that thing people do when their eyes get all wet and stupidâ€”whatâ€™s it called? Crying? Or NOT. I might PUNCH you instead and trust that you wonâ€™t punch me back because of my endearing smallness. It would be like punching a child.”
“The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.”
“Rather than go from one life to another, I think I live a lot of lives at the same time. I've done that ever since I was a child. It seemed that I was inhabited by some B movie.”
“The combination of popcorn, soda, and melted chocolate which covers the floors of movie theaters.”
“Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.”

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