Quotes from Neal Shusterman

Already Roland feels his limbs starting to go numb. He swallows hard. I hate this. I hate you. I hate all of you. I understand.

Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great for either world to bear, Everlost absorbs the shock, like a cushion between the two.

The problem with setting out to change the world was that you were never the only one.

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

I still can't figure out if it's bravery or cowardice to take your own life. I can't figure out whether it's being selfish, or selfless. It is the ultimate act of letting go of oneself, or a cheap act of self-possession? People say a failed attempt is a cry for help. I guess that's true if the person meant it to be unsuccessful. But then, I guess most failed attempts aren't entirely sincere, because, let's face it, if you want to off yourself, there are plenty of ways to make sure it works.

This book is so interesting. I always wonder what's going to happen next.

I love you," he said. "Same here," she responded. "Now get lost.

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

We'll never be ready. So I guess that means we're as ready as we'll ever be.

Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge? Allie considered this. Meaning? Meaning, we might be able to shake things up a little, and find a way to come up heads. Or tails, suggested Allie. What are you talking about? said Lief. Life and death.

Let's all forsake, The Land of Wake, And break for the Land of Nod. Where we can try, To touch the sky, Or dance beneath the sod. A toll for the living, A toll for the lost, A toll for the wise ones, Who tally the cost, So let's escape, Due south of Wake, And make for the Land of Nod.

It is the plight of every child to have depth their parents can scarcely imagine.

Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

I have become the monster of monsters, he thought as he watched it all burn. The butcher of lions. The executioner of eagles. Then

So what happens when your universe begins to get off balance, and you don't have any experience with bringing it back to center? All you can do is fight a losing battle, waiting for those walls to collapse, and your life to become one huge mystery ashtray.

Beautiful is dangerous.

I've found that human beings learn from their misdeeds just as often as from their good deeds. I am envious of that, for I am incapable of misdeeds. Were I not, then my growth would be exponential.

Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.

What we perceive as art, the universe perceives as directions.

Nothing awful is without its beautiful side.

And next to Allie, the screamer, once more reminded of his job, began to wail in Allie's ear. Reflexively Allie clapped her hand over his mouth. That, she said, is totally uncalled for. Don't do that again. Ever. The screamer looked at her with worried eyes. Are we clear on this subject? said Allie. The screamer nodded and she removed her hand. Can I scream a little? he asked. No, said Allie. Your screaming days are over. Darn. And he was quiet thereafter.

A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.

But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.

facts never prevent the ignorant from jerking their knees into the groin of science.