Quotes by Neal Shusterman

“Elasticity is a fundamental principle of perception,”

“while its five in the morning here, its also five in the evening somewhere in Chinaproving that incompatible truths make perfect sense when seen with global perspective.”

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

“...You know something, don't you?""I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific.""Just answer the question.""True/false or multiple choice?”

“Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.”

“Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.”

“What's going on? I'm in the back car of a roller coaster at the top of the climb, with the front rows already giving themselves over to gravity. I can hear those front riders screaming and know my ...”

“And you know the darkness beyond despair, just as intimately as you know the soaring heights. Because in this and all universes, there is balance. You can't have the one without facing the other. A...”

“You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees bottomless pit in yours.”

“I suppose even a simple slogan can be twisted into whatever shape we want, like a balloon animalwe can even make it loop back around on itself, becoming a noose. In the end, the measure of who we a...”

“If you think about it, the public perception of funky brain chemistry has been as varied and weird as the symptoms, historically speaking. If I had been born a Native American in another time, I mi...”

“Centering, however, is easier said than done. This I learned from a ceramics class I once took. The teacher made throwing a pot look easy, but the thing is, it takes lots of precision and skill. Yo...”

“It's kind of like religion. It gives us comfort to believe we have defined something that is, by its very nature, indefinable. As to whether or not we've gotten it right, well, it's all a matter of...”

“They all think medicine should be magic, and they become mad at me when it's not.”

“Everything feels right with the world......and the sad thing is that I know it's a dream. I know it must soon end, and when it does I will be thrust awake into a place where either I'm broken, or t...”

“I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them.”

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

“With hardly any effort at all, she made me feel special. Just like all the other people she toyed with.”

“I'm sure my parents must be proud. Or horrified. Or are bitterly arguing about whether they're proud or horrified, and have already hired lawyers to resolve the dispute. -Hayden Upchurch”

“I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.”