Neal Shusterman Quotes - Page 2

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• Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.

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  Kids, Pedestal, Ill

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• That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.

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  Law, Educated

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Wall, Lines, Territory

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• Who am I? The sum of your dreams, the thrill you refuse to grasp, the unknown you fear.

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  Dream, Thrill, Refuse

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• Whether consciousness is implanted in us by something divine, or whether it is created by the efforts of our brains, the end result is the same. We are.

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  Effort, Brain, Consciousness

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwholly”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

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• does a sick society get so used to its illness that it can't remember being well? what if the memory is too dangerous for the people who like things the way they are?

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  Memories, People, Sick

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwholly”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.

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  Dream, Stupid, Reality

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “UnStrung”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• What, are you totally psycho?" I shouted. "Maybe I am!" he screamed back at me. "Maybe that's just what I am. Maybe I'm that quiet guy who suddenly goes nuts and then you find half the neighborhood in his freezer." I gotta admit, that one stumped me for a second - but only for a second. "Which half?" I asked. "Huh?" "Which half of the neighborhood? Could you make it the people on the other side of Avenue T, because I never really liked them anyway.

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  Nuts, People, Guy

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• 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

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  Uncles, Pain, Joy

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• It's amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries.

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  Kissing, Simple, Worry

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Bully, Arrogance, Doe

  Neal Shusterman (2010). “Bruiser”, p.21, Harper Collins

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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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  Choices, Shade, Figures

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• You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit together. You believe in your heart of hearts that enlightenment will save the world and set you free. Maybe it will. But the path to enlightenment is rarely a pleasant one.

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  Believe, Heart, Thinking

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• Sharks have a deadly form of claustrophobia. It's not so much fear of enclosed spaces as it is inability to exist in them. No one knows why. Some say it's the metal in aquariums that throws their equilibrium off. But whatever it is, big sharks don't last long in captivity

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  Sharks, Aquariums, Space

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• As your older brother, it's my sacred duty to save you from yourself." She brings her fists down on the table, making all the dinner plates jump. "The ONLY reason you're fifteen minutes older than me is because you cut in front of the line, as usual!

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  Brother, Cutting, Usual

  Neal Shusterman (2010). “Bruiser”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• 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.

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  Pain, Taken, Awful

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• the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat

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  Captains, Ships, Firsts

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “UnWholly”, p.389, Simon and Schuster

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• Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.

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  Tattoo, Dolphins, Wrists

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• All this time, Lev ever realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by God, who is all forgiving. Not by people like Marcus and Pastor Dan, who would always stand by his side. He needed to be forgiven by an unforgiving world.

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  People, Forgiving, Needs

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnWholly”, p.322, Simon and Schuster

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• Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent.

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  Intelligent, Intelligence, Looks

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• "You...you lost your faith?"
  "No...just my convictions. I still very much believe in God- just not a god who condones human tithing."
  Lev begins to feel himself choking up with an unexpected flood of feeling, all the emotions that had been building up throughout their talk-throughout the weeks-arriving all at once like a sonic boom.
  "I never knew there was a choice".

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  Believe, Building Up, Choices

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

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  Stupid, Way, Born

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Hands, Answers, Indifference

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.278, Simon and Schuster

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• Touch is a freaky thing when you're not used to it. It makes you feel all kinds of things.

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  Kind, Used, Freaky

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “The Schwa was Here”, p.90, Penguin

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• 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

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  Law, Nurse, Firsts

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