Quotes by Neal Shusterman

“If youve ever studied mortal age cartoons, youll remember this one. A coyote was always plotting the demise of a smirking long-necked bird. The coyote never succeeded; instead, his plans always bac...”

“Outside the rain finally began to fall, surging in fits and starts. I love the way it rains here, he told her. It reminds me that some forces of nature can never be entirely subdued. They are etern...”

“One thing yo learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in ...”

“Man, Grandma, what big hair you have.""The better to style with, my dear.”

“On a hairpin turn, above the dead forest, on no day in particular, a white Toyota crashed into a black Mercedes, for a moment blending into a blur of gray.”

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

“The thing was, if I had found a way to escape- even for just a little while- I knew the pain would be there waiting for me when I got back.”

“It was easier to deal with Tennyson when he was fighting me; but having him on my side was frightening, because now I didn't know who the enemy was.”

“Hayden shouts, "To the new Teen Uprising!”

“Walls don't fall without effort.”

“Mary believes she was put on earth to bring an end to the living world.Both Nick and Mikey just stared at her.What do you mean end? asked Mikey.End means end. Complete and total destruction. She w...”

“Lethargy. It's a word I know, because it's in one of my father's favorite expressions. Lethargy breeds lethargy. It means the more you lie around doing nothing, the more you want to lie around doin...”

“I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. "Roland would have never touched me like that." Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her...”

“I always take credit for my acts of cruelty. To do otherwise is cowardice.”

“You know," he said, his voice making me feel cold in spite of the heat, "this city can get ahold of you and pull you back no matter how hard you try to climb out. Like a grave.”

“but laugh, laugh, laugh, because if you ever stop laughing, it might just tear you apart”

“Conner Lassiter. Scheduled to be unwound the 21st of November-until you went AWOL. You caused an accident that killed a bus driver, left dozens of others injured, and shut down an interstate highwa...”

“So the gods must mean something else,” said Jix.“God, not gods!” insisted Johnnie.Nick threw up his hands. “God, gods, or whatever,” said Nick. “Right now, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Jesus, or ...”

“Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.”

“Then, in spite of everything, he began to smile. So much of his existence in Everlost had been full of despair. Despair, and a fear of losing what he had. But Allie was not lost, she was just there...”