Quotes from Neal Shusterman

He would be provided for even if he made no discernible contribution to the world - and right now he had no desiire to contribute anything to the world but his bodily waste.

Scythe Goddard decided it was a day for samurai swords, although Chomsky refused to part with his flamethrower.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather see a killer unwound than the kid next door. Vote yes on Initiative 11.

Go down every rabbit hole, Tenka advised. Because some of them might actually have rabbits.

As Ariadne led him to the massage tent, Rowan thought, In eight months I am going to die. So perhaps he could allow himself a little indulgence on the way.

Leave the past in the past, and live for the moment.

Death makes the whole world kin. Rowan wondered if a world without death would then make everyone strangers.

The maintenance of civil order in society rests on the foundation of family discipline. Therefore, a child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents.

Tout ce qui est horrible porte un versant magnifique

Probably chicken again. He's sick of chicken.

The devil you know is better than the one you don't.

You make errors all the time... as does every other human being who has ever lived. Error is an intrinsic part of the human condition.

It's like art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he can paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on one side of a face, and noses stickin' outta kneecaps and stuff. See, if you paint wrong because that's the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you're an artist.

She now understood the allure the sea held for Jeri. The freedom to leave your darkest shadows behind, and the hope that those shadows might drown before they could find you.

Gleaning is performed, not administered, Scythe Goddard told him. It is a willful action. To slip into passivity and allow poison to do all the work is an embarrassment to who and what we are.

It's becoming more and more common for people to get vanity transplants. You want a new skill? Buy it instead of learn it. Can't do a thing with you hair? Get a new scalp. Operators are standing by.

Just because the law says it, that doesn't make it true." Yeah, well, just because the law says it, that doesn't make it false, either. It's only the law because a whole lot of people thought about it, and decided it made sense.

karena tanda pertama adanya peradaban selalu saja sampah. [P. 73]

I should like to be on a scythe committee one day," Rowan said. Citra looked at him oddly. "Why are you talking like Faraday?" Rowan shrugged. "When in Rome…

Hidupnya seperti lapangan bola, bukan? Selalu penuh garis, struktur, dan peraturan, tak pernah berubah. Tapi sekarang dia sudah dilambungkan melewati dinding memasuki wilayah tak dikenal. [P. 118]

Affection and fondness were two different things.

We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince others it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

He was either the victim of circumstance or a criminal the likes of whom had not been seen since the Age of Mortality. Rowan wished he knew which of the two it was.

Therein lies the paradox of the profession, those who wish to have the job should not have it.....and those who most refuse to kill are the only ones who should.