Neal Shusterman Quotes - Page 8

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• They meet in the girls' bathroom. The last time they were forced to meet in a place like this, they took separate, isolated stalls. Now they share one. They hold each other in the tight space, making no excuses for it. There's no time left in their lives for games, or for awkwardness, or for pretending they don't care about each others, and so they kiss as if they've done it forever. As if it is as crucial as the need for oxygen.

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  Girl, Kissing, Oxygen

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.285, Simon and Schuster

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• You'll feel a tingling in your chest," says a surgeon. "It's nothing to worry about.

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  Worry, Feels, Surgeons

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.291, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Doe, Done, Priests

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.291, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Good Things, Beats, Explosives

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.471, Simon and Schuster

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• She smiles at them as they go by and continues to play, making it clear that this furnace of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems. It is a womb of redemption for every Unwind, and fora ll those who fought the Heartland War and lost - which was everybody.

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  War, Play, Redemption

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.487, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.322, Simon and Schuster

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• In the backseat Moose and Squirrel inhabited a pair of six-year-old-twins, and wouldn't stop bickering and picking their noses. They were clearly in their element.

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  Years, Squirrels, Elements

  Neal Shusterman (2010). “Everwild”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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• Heaven might shine bright, but so do flames.

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  Shine Bright, Flames, Heaven

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Should, Knows, Asks

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

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• I'm tired of eating your family's lousy, tasteless recipes," Dad said. "Tasteless recipes? My grandmother's rolling in her grave!" "It's from indigestion.

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  Dad, Tired, Grandmother

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

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• What do you do with a textbook case when no one's written the textbook?

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  Textbooks, Cases, Written

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

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  Civilization, Firsts, Trash

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• From the end of the bar, the bartender threw a sidelong look at him, so Clarence pulled out a broken Bluetooth headset and fixed it to his ear. "I learned this trick while traveling with Mikey," Clarence told Nick. "Makes my brand of crazy the same as everyone else's.

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  Crazy, Broken, Bars

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• ...New Beginning to the same old story

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  New Beginnings, Stories

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

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• Mooooon!” said the Ogre. “Tranquility …” Then he pointed at the full moon. “Neil Armstrong walked in a sea of Tranquility.” Then he added, “It’s made of cheese. But you have to take off the plastic before you put it on a burger.” Mickey sighed. “What’s his story?” the wraith asked. “He’s chocolate,” Mikey said.

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  Moon, Sea, Chocolate

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Everfound”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• Part of my job is to help other kids find books, because not everyone has a keenly organized mind. Some kids could wander the library for hours and still have no idea how to find anything. For them, the Dewey Decimal System might as well be advanced calculus.

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  Jobs, Book, Kids

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• 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.

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  Song, Writing, Weekend

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• Then Jix locked eyes with him and said very calmly, "If you hit her, I will open my mouth wide enough to swallow you whole, force you through my bowels, then out my other end." Avalon scowled at him. "You can't do that." "Try me," Jix said. Avalon backed off, then angrily stormed away, and Jix winked at Jill. "One in five.

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  Eye, Trying, Avalon

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• Most people have two emergency modes. Fight and Flight. But Conner always knew he had three. Fight, Flight, and Screw Up Royally.

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  Fighting, Two, People

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• ...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?

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  Multiple Choice, Choices, Needs

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• The nation was tearing itself apart over pro-life and pro-choice but completely ignored the problems of the kids who were already here. I mean, no schools, no work, no clue if they'd even have a future. They just went nuts!

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  School, Mean, Kids

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

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• With hardly any effort at all, she made me feel special. Just like all the other people she toyed with.

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  People, Effort, Special

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

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  Answers, Asks, Ifs

  Neal Shusterman (2003). “The Shadow Club Rising”, p.61, Penguin

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• Milestone! This is a momentous occasion," he tells her cheerily. "It should be witnessed by a friend." She throws him an icy gaze, and he does a verbal back pedal. "Aaaand since no friends are present, I'll have to do.

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  No Friends, Icy, Doe

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• So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?

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  Lying, Darkness, Heartfelt

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