Quotes from Neal Shusterman

I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it.

Try to see things differently - It's the only way to get a clearer perspective on the world and on your life.

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.

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

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.

Can I believe in that God too?

Then you'd better listen, because me sounding like Bronte is one of the signs of the apocalypse-and if the end fo the world is coming, good deeds could earn you Judgment day brownie points.

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

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

How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.

The homes here are almost identical, but not quite, full of people almost identical, but not quite.

Monster only had the power that you gave them

Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent.

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.

Then she offers him a slim but sincere smile, and he reluctantly returns it. It doesn't bridge the gap between them, but at least it marks the spot where the bridge might be built.

Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.

does a sick society get so used to its illness that it can't remember being well? what if the memory is too dangerous for the people who like things the way they are?

When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.

... 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.

His life has been like a ballpark, hasn't it? All lines, structure, and rules, never changing. But now he's been hit over the wall into unknown territory.

I have a color-coded computer spreadsheet that divides things down to chapter fragments. Each character's point-of-view is a different color. The text of the manuscript is color-coded the same way. The last thing I do before submitting the manuscript is turn all those colors back to black.

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

Hayden shouts, "To the new Teen Uprising!

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