Neal Shusterman, Bruiser Quotes

When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.

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.

Walls don't fall without effort.

Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.

So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?

The thing was, if I had found a way to escape- even for just a little while- I knew the pain would be there waiting for me when I got back.

...You know something, don't you?""I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific.""Just answer the question.""True/false or multiple choice?

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.

Those eyes of his just look up at me, pupils dilated in the diffused lights of the room. Wide, black pools, seeking out galaxies.