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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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• I gotta go to the bathroom," Emby mumbles. "You should have thought of that before you left," says Hayden, putting on his best mother voice. "How many times do we have to tell you? Always use the potty before climbing into a shipping crate.

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  Mother, Climbing, Should Have

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• Fine," Connor tells him. "Think about stuff until your head explodes. But the only thing I want to think about is surviving to eighteen." I find your shallowness both refreshing and disappointing at the same time. Do you think that means I need therapy?

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  Mean, Thinking, Needs

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Fall, Realizing, Holes

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “The Dark Side of Nowhere”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Heart, Color, Alliances

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• I believe that we have free will. I believe we get the chance to make choices in our lives. Not everything is set in stone from the moment we're born. We choose our destiny, our ultimate fate. But I also think that we don't realize the choices we've made until after we make them. We're racing down a freeway, only to realize we've missed all the exits, and the only direction we can go is dead ahead.

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  Believe, Fate, Destiny

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• Don’t I have a choice in this?” But when she looks behind her, the answer is clear. There are two guards waiting to make sure that she has no choice at all. And as they lead her away, she thinks of Mr. Durkin. With a bitter laugh, Risa realizes that he may get his wish after all. Someday he may see her hands playing in Carnegie Hall. Unfortunately, the rest of Risa won’t be there.

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  Thinking, Hands, Two

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• ...the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--' 'Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.' ... Okay, fine. So like everybody in the old countries says, 'Hey, I'm a huddled mass,' and they all wanna come over.

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  Country, Tired, Giving

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

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• think of it this way," he said "It took nine months to get you born, so doesn't it figure it would take nine months to get you dead?

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  Thinking, Nine, Way

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences

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  War, Bills, Unwind

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.224, Simon and Schuster

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• The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. "I'd rather be used whole than in pieces," Hayden says.

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  Kids, Opportunity, Missing

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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• Why are you still with me, Fry?" CyFi asks after one of his body-shaking seizures. "Any sane dude woulda taken off days ago. "Who says I'm sane?" "Oh, you're sane, Fry. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.

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  Taken, Insane, Scare

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.273, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Needs, Graves

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• No," says Ariana. "It was a dream. Reality got in the way, that's all.

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  Dream, Reality, Way

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Princess, Heart, Sleep

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwholly”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

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• Teenage rebellion is for suburban schoolchildren. Get over it.

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  Teenage, Rebellion, Over It

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; Unstrung: an Unwind Story; Unwholly”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Order, Laughing, Tears

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; Unstrung: an Unwind Story; Unwholly”, p.746, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Normal, Crisis, Whole Life

  Neal Shusterman (2014). “UnSouled”, p.247, Simon and Schuster

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• This book is so interesting. I always wonder what's going to happen next.

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  Book, Interesting, Next

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• Normally Connor would walk away from a conversation like this. His life is about tangibles: things you can see, hear and touch. God, souls, and all that has always been like a secret in a black box he couldn't see into, so it was easier just to leave it alone. Only now, he's inside the black box.

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  Soul, Black, Secret

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• ...And perhaps you can sense, in some small twisting loop of your gut, the convergence of the wrong, of the right, and of the woefully misguided. If you do, then pay sharp attention to the moment you wake, and the moment you fall asleep...For maybe then you will know, without a shadow of a doubt, which is which.

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  Fall, Doubt, Shadow

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.467, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm alone. And I'm crying. And no one is coming to the crib. And the nightlight has burned out. And I'm mad. I'm so mad. Left frontal lobe. I...I...I don't feel so good. Left occipital lobe. I... don't remember where...Left parietal lobe. I...I...I can't remember my name,but...but...Right temporal...but I'm still here. Right frontal. I'm still here... Right occipital.I'm still...Right parietal. I'm...Cerebellum. I'm...Thalamus. I...Hypothalamus. I...Hippocampus...Medulla.

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  Names, Mad, Remember

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• Hey," says Hayden, "I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate." "Get lost," Roland tells him. "Already am." And Hayden strolls away.

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  Chocolate, Switzerland, Hey

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.243, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Baby, Sleep, Thinking

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Kids, Silence, Faces

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.280, Simon and Schuster

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