Neal Shusterman Quotes

That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!

Getting to know someone in blind darkness changes your impression of them.

The homes here are almost identical, but not quite, full of people almost identical, but not quite.

It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No--the soul of a man.

This game's stupid," said Lief. "Who the heck is Zelda, anyway?

It's amazing how people can surprise you.

And he thinks that if his soul had a form, this is what it would be. A baby sleeping in his arms.

Should I push him or should I throw him?" Howie asks. "Do what comes naturally," I yelled back. "I don't know," he says. "This is a very unnatural thing.

Tranq'd by your own gun,"Lev says."How pathetic.

History is written by the victors--and when there is no victors, it all winds up in the corporate shredders.

We want what you no longer want.

You don’t just go to somebody and say, ‘I’m a better person because you’re in my head.

Death doesn't just make all the world kin, it makes all religions one

Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.

Revelations are never convenient, and always annoying.

I don't want to be empty on the inside.

They signed the unwind order just to spite each other,but laugh,laugh,laugh,Hayden, because if you ever stop laughing,it might just tear you apart worse than a Chop Shop.

She plays music to heal herself, but nothing can heal her brokenness.

The good thing about being explosive is that no one can beat you.

Sometimes we make our alliances not by the shape and color of our flesh but by the convictions of our heart.

It's that quirky kind of weekend feeling they write ridiculous sunny-day songs about. You know the ones--I'm sure they're on your iPod even though you'd never admit it.

...New Beginning to the same old story

...the first sign of civilization is always trash.

Would you rather die, or be unwound?

Monster only had the power that you gave them

He also keeps his silence when Bible passages become shredded to justify unwinding, and kids start to see the face of God in the fragments.

He does not deserve this. He has done many things, not all good, but he does not deserve this. And he never did get his priest.

You never realize the holes a person leaves behind until you fall into them.

They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.

Can I believe in that God too?

You may feel a tugging sensation near your ankles.

Adulthood can do the most horrific things to the best of people.

Who says I'm insane?" "Oh you're sane alright. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.

What? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way?

Incredible. It never ceases to amaze Starkey how far society will go to protect the children it loves and to discard the ones it doesn’t.

Good in Crisis; Sucks at Normal.’ That about sums up my whole life, doesn’t it?

I smell fear, he said with a quiet intensity. But not nearly enough.

Cowards hide [...] but warriors lie and wait [...] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.

You have robbed me, and everyone here, of their purpose. That's not salvation, that's damnation.

The eternally sleeping princess, thinks Cam. But I shall free you from those poisoned brambles that surround your heart. And then you will have no choice but to love me.

If you have to ask then you don't deserve an answer.

Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are pleasant.

Perhaps, thought Talon, there was a path in between. A way to shed their ignorance without losing their souls.

Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem

I have no idea,' he tells her, and there is such a spark in his eye when he says it, she can tell having no idea is exactly the way he wants it.

...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?

Lev smiles. "Leave it to you to turn someone else's screwup into gold

How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.

In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is.

So much of my life had been under tight control. So much of Quinn's life had been wild insanity. What we needed now was both: a directed burst of controlled insanity.