Quotes About Midnighters

#1. Rex lost his specs.

Scott Westerfeld

#2. You know, a better man for a better America. That's sort of our slogan.

Bob Dole

#3. It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.

Dennis Lehane

#4. God's ways are better than man's.

Karen Kingsbury

#5. Weird, even for one of us. Or maybe she's worse."
"Worse how?"
"Normal.

Scott Westerfeld

#6. Not everything made you stronger. It was possible to survive, yet still be crippled for your trouble. Sometimes it was okay to run away, to skip the test, to chicken out. Or at least to get some help.

Scott Westerfeld

#7. You are so... 11:59

Scott Westerfeld

#8. My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I've tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the '60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson's songs.

Todd Rundgren

#9. As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.

Scott Westerfeld

#10. The word 'bollocks' is one of the most beautiful and flexible in the English language. It can be used to express emotional states ranging from ecstatic surprise to weary resignation in the face of inevitable disaster. And

Ben Aaronovitch

#11. [on Springsteen's "Stolen Car":] A kind of mystical film noir, written by Kafka and shot by Polanski.

Adam Sweeting