Neal Shusterman Quotes - Page 6

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• We'll never be ready. So I guess that means we're as ready as we'll ever be.

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  Mean, Ready

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; Unstrung: an Unwind Story; Unwholly”, p.697, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Want, Empty

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Full Tilt”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• ... always been a goal-oriented girl. it was both her strength and her weakness. She had a drive to completion that always gets things done, but it also made her inflexible, and stubborn.

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  Girl, Goal, Weakness

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• You know that feeling you get when your leg falls asleep? Well, I suddenly had that feeling in my spine. Like termites were chewing through the marrow in my backbone.

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  Fear, Fall, Feelings

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “Dread Locks #1”, p.14, Penguin

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• People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.

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  Cheer, People, Moments

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.

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  Light, Judging, Shadow

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “UnWholly”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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• You're going to pee in someone's suitcase?" "Do you have any other ideas?" And suddenly Miracolina begins to snicker, then giggle, then giggle, then cackle uncontrollably. "He's going to pee in someone's suitcase!" "Quiet! Do you want people on the bus to hear you?" But Miracolina is beyond help. She's entered into a fullfledged laughter fit-the kind that leaves your stomach hurting. "They're gonna open their suitcase," she blurts between bursts of glee, "And their clothes’ll be full of pee!

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  Hurt, Laughter, Ideas

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• You don't like her, do you?" "Who, me? No, I love her dearly. Evil scheming bitches are my favorite kind of people." (Risa)

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  People, Evil, Like Her

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

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  Play, Heal, Brokenness

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnWholly”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.

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  Littles, Resentment

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.678, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Alive, Toilets, Said

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwholly”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Lying, Warrior, Differences

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

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  Wind, Corporate, Written

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• Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial, and it's one of the strongest pacts in the world. Just ask all those people who were still drinking champagne while the Titanic went down.

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  Drinking, People, Denial

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “Dread locks”

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• I can't destroy things so beautiful." "Time will destroy them if you don't. Time destroys everything. But if you destroy them, it will mean something.

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  Beautiful, Mean, Ifs

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “Dread Locks #1”, p.104, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Children, Incredibles, Protect

  Neal Shusterman (2014). “UnSouled”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now.

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  Running, Morning, Parent

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• How many kids are in the Graveyard?" "A bunch." "Who sends your supplies?" "George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget." "How often do you receive new arrivals?" "About as often as you beat your wife.

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  Kids, Wife, Forget

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.855, Simon and Schuster

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• Can I believe in that God too?

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  Believe, I Believe, I Believe In

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.329, Simon and Schuster

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• I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. "Roland would have never touched me like that." Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. 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.

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  Boys, Men, Sharks

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• The moment you're loved, that's when you got your soul.

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  Soul, Moments, Unwind

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Insane, Scare, Sane

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• Beautiful is dangerous.

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  Beautiful, Dangerous

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.293, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Ignorance, Soul, Way

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.176, Simon and Schuster

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• The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible.

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  Way, Impossible, Forget

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