Quotes from Neal Shusterman

And if there is some eternal world after this one, what fate awaits a taker of lives?

A sense of humor, no matter how dark, is always a good thing.

I know that feeling intimately. It's where I live. I eat, sleep, and dream of the void, and whenever it calls my name, I'm there in the front row ready to answer.

And those news reports - how exciting they were. Filled with all nature of criminal activity. Your neighbor could be a salesperson of illegal chemicals of recreation. Ordinary people would take life without the permission of society. Angry individuals would take possession of vehicles they didn't own, then lead law enforcement officers in dangerous pursuits on uncontrolled roadways.

Precisely," said Tenkamenin. "A successful lie is not fueled by the liar; it is fueled by the willingness of the listener to believe. You can't expose a lie without first shattering the will to believe it. That is why leading people to truth is so much more effective than merely telling them.

Somewhere behind Anastasia, Scythe Asimov summed it up best. We have just entered the worst of all possible worlds.

The punishment for making something barely edible was having to eat it yourself.

I've found that humans beings learn from their misdeeds just as often as from their good deeds.

Good morning," Citra said groggily—then realized it sounded far too weak for a scythe. Even one who was currently incognito. She cleared her throat and spoke with more confidence. "Good morning," Anastasia said.

Ich werde es nicht zulassen, dass du dir das Leben nimmst! Es gehört dir nicht!

I do not wish to be the harbinger of doom, he said, mournfully, but this is a secret ballot. I'm sure there'll be quite a few who support Scythe Curie to her face, but will vote for Goddard when no one is looking.

Sorry, Your Honor; I was just thinking. Too much of that can be dangerous.

I could take you out in a second, she threatens. If he's concerned, he doesn't show it. I know. Somehow he also knows that she won't do it - that the first time was just a reflex. If she were to hurt him a second time, though, it would be a conscious act. It would be by choice.

We're not all evil, the man says. Neither are we,, Jeevan responds.

Once Xenocrates was gone, Goddard called out to the crowd, "Anyone who uploads pictures of High Blade Xenocrates in his underwear will be gleaned immediately!" And everyone laughed . . . then stopped when they realized he was not joking in the least.

All this to drive home the simple face that human government - whether it be dictatorship, monarchy, or government of the people, by the people, for the people - had to perish from the Earth. - The Thunderhead

How is a scythe disciplined?" Rowan had asked. "He was put to death twelvefold by a jury of scythes, then revived each time. After the twelfth revival, he was on probation for a year.

While freedom gives rise to growth and enlightenment, permission allows evil to flourish in a light of day that would otherwise destroy it. A self-important dictator gives permission for his subjects to blame the world's ills on those least able to defend themselves...An arrogant head of state gives permission to all nature of hate as long as it feeds his ambition. And the unfortunate truth is, people devour it. Society gorges itself, and rots. Permission is the bloated corpse of freedom.

The whole place is a petri dish of angst, generated by kids whose parents gave up on them, which is the worst kind of angst there is. There are fights and ridiculous posturing on a daily basis.

El error es intrínseco a la condición humana, y es algo que adoro de la humanidad.

Starkey's not stopping unwinding, Bam. All he's doing is making sure it never, ever ends!

Washington was still a place to be respected, but only in the way that we respect crumbling antiquity.

One crisis at a time!

Marie, if we were judged by the things we most regret, no human being would be worthy to sweep the floor.