Quotes from Neal Shusterman

Ain't no one gonna tell you what's in your heart, he tells Lev. You gotta find that out for yourself.

She could already sense that the answers were in there, but they were buried beneath so many layers she feared she'd never find them.

I'm sure that absolute correctness must seem a dull existence to you, but I know no other way to be

In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is.

There's this thing in my head that I have to purge onto the page before it changes the shape of my brain.

In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless. That`s what he was saying, and it infuriated Citra, because on a certain level, she knew he was right.

That is to say, I'm among them, but I don't feel with them.

You were not given permission to have talent," the captain tells me.

Have you ever just laid in bed unable to dredge up the will to get out of it?

If you're so immature that you're afraid of being labeled by morons, then check out and we'll find another artist.

Kelton takes the gun back, surprised by the offer. So you trust me now? Absolutely not, Jacqui says. But at least if you do something stupid, it will be your problem, not mine.

Language secretly pushes and prods every one of us in hundreds of directions we don't see, until the only way to be careful with your words is to never speak.

He would have to adjust to a life without her, as well as a life without himself, for who was he now?

Ils rient et parlent de choses auxquelles je ne comprends rien et je reste figé au milieu. Ils m'admirent, mais seulement comme on admire une chose dont on sait qu'elle est sur le point de disparaître.

Noncommittal is rampant among the committed.

We are not just AWOLS! We are not just parts! We are whole human beings-and history will look back on these times in shame!

A scythe could share their bed with anyone, but their life with no one.

Putting me at the forefront of his thoughts drew out what little energy he had left, just as when I had focused on helping him - and I realize this is the true core of human nature: When we've lost the strength to save ourselves, we somehow find the strength to save each other.

even the darkest moments of one's life can be turned around and shed light for others.

Respect borne of fear is not the same as respect borne of love. One passes with you to the grave, the other flourishes after your departure.

Suffice it to say that Goddard is the most recent in a long line of scythes who look up into the night sky and see not the stars, but the darkness between them.

Good thing about bad rubbish is you can make the stench go away just by covering it up. It never comes back as long as you keep a tight lid on it.

I wish I knew where he was today, so I could tell him I understand how it was. And how easy it is to suddenly find yourself alone in the playground.

Maybe that had been his plan all along, or maybe not. But one thing's for certain- now that I had said it, it was his plan.