Quotes About Choice
Don't I have a choice in this?" But when she looks behind her, the answer is clear. There are two guards waiting to make sure that she has no choice at all. And as they lead her away, she thinks of Mr. Durkin. With a bitter laugh, Risa realizes that he may get his wish after all. Someday he may see her hands playing in Carnegie Hall. Unfortunately, the rest of Risa won't be there.
~ Neal Shusterman
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Should I push him or should I throw him? Howie asks. Do what comes naturally, I yelled back. I don't know, he says. This is a very unnatural thing.
~ Neal Shusterman
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Such a delicate charge as pruning the human race should not be subject to the quirks of personality.
~ Neal Shusterman
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He (Connor) will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do. - Risa
~ Neal Shusterman
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s]ometimes doing the right thing means doing the wrong thing first.
~ Neal Shusterman
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It's always the lesser of two evils.' 'I don't see why there have to be any evils at all.' -Connor
~ Neal Shusterman
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You see through the facade of the world, Citra Terranova. You'd make a good scythe. Citra recoiled. I'd never want to be one. That, he said, is the first requirement.
~ Neal Shusterman
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She wanted to tell him how much she admired him for what he had done. Choosing compassion over obligation. There was a lesson to be learned in every gleaning, and today`s was one she would not soon forget. The sanctity of the law... and the wisdom to know when it must be broken.
~ Neal Shusterman
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If we gleaned every asshole," Scythe Volta had once told Rowan, "there'd be virtually no one left.
~ Neal Shusterman
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He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do.
~ Neal Shusterman
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He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do.
~ Neal Shusterman
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But... don't we get a say? Actually, said Cirrus, no.
~ Neal Shusterman
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What's that expression? The devil you know is better than the one you don't?
~ Neal Shusterman
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The world is a flower I hold in my palm. I would end my own existence rather than crush it.
~ Neal Shusterman
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This place isn't a refuge, it's a slave market. Why doesn't anyone see that?' 'Who says they don't see it? It's just that unwinding makes slavery look good. It's always the lesser of two evils.' 'I don't see why there have to be any evils at all.
~ Neal Shusterman
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Between them, the baby still cries. It's like a game of steal the bacon, where no one wants to take the bacon.
~ Neal Shusterman
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Truth can only be served from a scalding kettle; whether you blister or make tea is up to you.
~ Neal Shusterman
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The curb is the launching point for many a deed. To step off could be the start of a life-changing journey. On the other hand to push someone off could crush that person beneath the wheels of a truck.
~ Neal Shusterman
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B)ut a second can split in a million different directions...
~ Neal Shusterman
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1) YOU ARRIVED HERE BY NECESSITY. YOU STAY HERE BY CHOICE.
~ Neal Shusterman
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You can't imagine what it's like to be torn between darkness and light- to be a traitor no matter what move you make. If my grandmother and Marissa died tonight, it would be because I had stayed in the darkness too long, flirting with the idea of being Cedric's consigliere. If that happened, I could never live with myself- but if Cedric gave me the bite as he planned, I would be forced to live with it forever. That was the worst hell I could imagine.
~ Neal Shusterman
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I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't
~ Neal Shusterman
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You'd make a good scythe. Citra recoiled. I'd never want to be one. That, he said, is the first requirement
~ Neal Shusterman
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Tell me, Connor, is this the first time you've been pregnant?' 'What?' 'Just answer the question, yes or no.' 'Yes. I mean no! Shut up! What kind of stupid-ass question is that?' Cam smiles. 'You see? You're damned no matter how you answer. By playing both sides, Proactive Citizenry keeps people focused on choosing between two different kinds of unwinding, making people forget that the real question...' 'Is whether or not someone should be unwound at all.
~ Neal Shusterman
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