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• Hayden shouts, "To the new Teen Uprising!

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  Uprising

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnWholly”, p.390, Simon and Schuster

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• Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!" No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's hanging straight down." Lief just gave him an upside-down shrug. "Up is down in China and you're part-Chinese.

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  Hair, Chinese, Looks

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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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• Well...you're a martyr and I'm a patron saint-I can't think of anyone better!

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  Thinking, Saint, Martyr

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnWholly”, p.392, Simon and Schuster

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• Fight, flight, and screw up royaly.

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  Fighting, Screw Ups, Flight

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• You can't change laws without first changing human nature.

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  Law, Firsts, Human Nature

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• How can you pass laws about things that nobody knows?" "They do it all the time," says Hayden. "That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.

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  Law, Educated, Nobody Knows

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

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• But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is. -Connor

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  Thinking, People, Perfect

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• You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.

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  People, Wish, Apologizing

  Neal Shusterman (2014). “UnSouled”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you know that if you take the books in an average school library and stretched out all those words into a single line, the line would go all the way around the world? Actually, I made that up, but doesn't it sound like it should be true?

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  Book, School, Average

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• I mean, it's like we all get our raw materials from our families―but it's up to us whether we build bridges or bombs.

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  Mean, Bridges, Raw Materials

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “The Schwa was here”

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• They say you never know who's the real hero and who's the real coward until you're looking death in the face. I've always been afraid of plenty of things, but fear isn't what makes you a coward. It's how depraved your heart becomes when fear gets pumped through it.

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  Real, Hero, Heart

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Full Tilt”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one knew the answer.

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  Answers, Arguing, Come Up

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• How easy is murder when one calls it by a different name? How much easier is it for the conscience to condone "reaping" than "killing"-and when one knows that death isn't the end, does it stop the killing hand for fear of retribution, or does it simply make it easier to kill, because, if life continues, how can murder be murder at all?

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  Hands, Names, Doe

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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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• In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly we believe, no matter how deep our think tanks and how high our aspirations. But as anyone will tell you—for we all know this within our hearts—the impossible happens and grand cosmic mysteries are solved on a regular basis, although most of the time the solutions lead to even greater mysteries.

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  Believe, Heart, Thinking

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.970, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Moving, Flames, Hands

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• Suddenly it was obvious to Connor why they don't teach it. Once education was restructured and corporatized, they didn't want kids knowing how close they came to toppling the government. They didn't want kids to know how much power they really had.

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  Kids, Government, Knowing

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnWholly”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

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• There are mysteries in Everlost. Some of them are wonderful, and others scary. They should all be explored, though- perhaps that's why we're here: to experience the good and the bad that Everlost has to offer.

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  Scary, Mystery, Wonderful

  Neal Shusterman (2008). “Everlost”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• Walls don't fall without effort.

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  Wall, Fall, Effort

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• Already Roland feels his limbs starting to go numb. He swallows hard. "I hate this. I hate you. I hate all of you." "I understand.

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  Hate, Numb, Starting

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.289, Simon and Schuster

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• And next to Allie, the screamer, once more reminded of his job, began to wail in Allie's ear. Reflexively Allie clapped her hand over his mouth. "That," she said, "is totally uncalled for. Don't do that again. Ever." The screamer looked at her with worried eyes. "Are we clear on this subject?" said Allie. The screamer nodded and she removed her hand. "Can I scream a little?" he asked. "No," said Allie. "Your screaming days are over." "Darn." And he was quiet thereafter.

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  Jobs, Eye, Hands

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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• We weren't going anywhere," Nick said with a smile. He was trying to sound charming, but instead wound up sounding heavily sedated.

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  Trying, Sound, Charming

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• So," says Lev, as casually as he can, "you wanna dance?" "Do you believe in the end of the world?" she responds. Lev shrugs. "I don't know. Why?" "Because the day after that is when I'll dance with you.

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  Believe, World, Ends

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnWholly”, p.215, Simon and Schuster

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• One cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.

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  Past, Events, Murder

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnSouled”, p.402, Simon and Schuster

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