Quotes by Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman is a popular and successful American writer of young-adult fiction.
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The accountant lingers at his children's doorway a moment more, listening to the easy rhythm of their breathing, and something cold moves through him, like the passage of a ghost - but he know that's not it. It's more like the portent of a future. A ...

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You see, Risa, survival is a dance between our needs and our consciences. When the need is great enough, and the music loud enough, we can stomp conscience into the ground.' Risa closes her eyes. She knows the dance... 'It's the way of the world,' Di...

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We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light.

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It's always the lesser of two evils.' 'I don't see why there have to be any evils at all.' -Connor

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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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The good Lord wouldn't have put it in your heart if it wasn't right.

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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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And so, as the mob backs away to give them space... as the riot police holster their weapons, standing down, and as Risa takes the podium, calming the crowd with a voice as soothing as a sonata, Connor Lassiter holds his family like he'll never let t...

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Please give me a single reason why I shouldn't hurl myself beneath the wheels of that bus.

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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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One thing yo learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.

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Wars have a way reinventing people. And making too many things disappear. -Sonia

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Sometimes, Lev, I just want to smack you." "You already hit him with a car.

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No true hero ever believes that they are one.

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This is how he always imagined- a dangerous place full of mystery and violent kids.

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...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.

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

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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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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 l...

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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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First rule of motherhood, dearie: men are screw-ups. Learn it now and you'll be a whole lot happier.

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Author Bio

  • NameNeal Shusterman
  • Descriptionnovelist
  • BornNovember 12, 1962
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist