Neal Shusterman Quotes
Unwinds didn't go out with a bang-they didn't even go out with a whimper. they went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.
The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences
Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.
People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.
I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.
Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.
When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.
You'll feel a tingling in your chest," says a surgeon. "It's nothing to worry about.
When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.
Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.
How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.
It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.
Touch is a freaky thing when you're not used to it. It makes you feel all kinds of things.
the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat
Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.
Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.
The woman wears a floral print blouse with lots of leaves and pink flowers. Risa would like to attack her with a weed whacker.
I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.
Who am I? The sum of your dreams, the thrill you refuse to grasp, the unknown you fear.
Then you'd better listen, because me sounding like Bronte is one of the signs of the apocalypse-and if the end fo the world is coming, good deeds could earn you Judgment day brownie points.
For standing between Cody and his pain is my obligation, and standing between my uncle and his pain is my rent, but the pain I coax from Bronte is my joy
The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.
We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light.
Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.
My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours?
His life has been like a ballpark, hasn't it? All lines, structure, and rules, never changing. But now he's been hit over the wall into unknown territory.
What's the point of living if you're going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don't shut it away.
He's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines.
You can't change laws without first changing human nature.' -Nurse Greta You can't change human nature without first changing the law.' -Nurse Yvonne
But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.
How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are choices in various shades of wrong?
