Neal Shusterman citations

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“Most people have two emergency modes. Fight and Flight. But Conner always knew he had three. Fight, Flight, and Screw Up Royally.”

“Hey," says Hayden, "I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate."
"Get lost," Roland tells him.
"Already am." And Hayden strolls away.”

“Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.”

“The good thing about being explosive is that no one can beat you.”

“The woman wears a floral print blouse with lots of leaves and pink flowers. Risa would like to attack her with a weed whacker.”

“How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.”

“You never realize the holes a person leaves behind until you fall into them.”

“Which is worse, Risa often wondered, to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted or to silently make then go away before they were even born”

“How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are choices in various shades of wrong?”

“How many kids are in the Graveyard?"
"A bunch."
"Who sends your supplies?"
"George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget."
"How often do you receive new arrivals?"
"About as often as you beat your wife.”

“Cowards hide […] but warriors lie and wait […] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.”

“One cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.”

“There's ordinary people out there doing extraordinary things.”

“Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.”

“The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.”

“Heaven might shine bright, but so do flames.”

“And he thinks that if his soul had a form, this is what it would be. A baby sleeping in his arms.”

“Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.”

“It's amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries.”

“I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate.”

“Would you rather die, or be unwound?”

“I'll never understand how a man can live his life
With his finger on the self-destruct button,
Holding it there day after day,
Blinded by an obsession to press it
But lacking the conviction to do even that.”

“… if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened… but people like to keep what's theirs, even after they're dead.”

“It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No--the soul of a man.”

“Monster only had the power that you gave them”

“Whether consciousness is implanted in us by something divine, or whether it is created by the efforts of our brains, the end result is the same. We are.”

“When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.”

“Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!"
No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's hanging straight down."
Lief just gave him an upside-down shrug. "Up is down in China and you're part-Chinese.”

“Who says I'm insane?""

""Oh you're sane alright.
You're so sane, you scare me.
You're so sane, it's insane.”