Neal Shusterman quotes

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours. (Neal Shusterman)
History is written by the victors--and when there is no victors, it all winds up in the corporate shredders.
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What he's really saying is: Please be a human being. With a life so full of rules and regiments, it's so easy to forget that's what they are. She knows-she sees-how often compassion takes a back seat to expediency.
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... the first sign of civilization is always trash.
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I gotta go to the bathroom," Emby mumbles. "You should have thought of that before you left," says Hayden, putting on his best mother voice. "How many times do we have to tell you? Always use the potty before climbing into a shipping crate.
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Hey," says Hayden, "I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate." "Get lost," Roland tells him. "Already am." And Hayden strolls away.
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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?
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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.
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The moment you're loved, that's when you got your soul.
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Would you rather die, or be unwound? Now he finally knows the answer. Maybe this is what he wanted. Maybe it's why he stood there and taunted Roland. Because he'd rather be killed with a furious hand than dismembered with cool indifference.
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Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good-but we are all tested in this life... The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end. (Neal Shusterman)
You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.
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It's funny how a flame can only burn your hand if you move too slow, you can tease it all you want and it never gets you, if your quick enough.
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I'm scared," he says. "I know," says the nurse. "I want you all to go to Hell." "That's natural.
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The sad truth about humanity... is that people believe what they're told. Maybe not the first time, but by the hundredth time, the craziest of ideas just becomes a given.
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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.
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Cowards hide [...] but warriors lie and wait [...] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.
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One cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.
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There's ordinary people out there doing extraordinary things.
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The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.
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It's amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries. (Neal Shusterman)
... if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened... but people like to keep what's theirs, even after they're dead.
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When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.
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Who says I'm insane?"" ""Oh you're sane alright. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.
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Walls don't fall without effort.
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