Quotes by Neal Shusterman

“The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”

“It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.”

“I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.”

“Today he failed to change the world. As for tomorrow, who can tell?”

“You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.”

“Luck, however, is too dumb to remain consistent”

“Do we exist because others perceive our existence, or is, indeed, our own affirmation enough?”

“I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't”

“Please give me a single reason why I shouldn't hurl myself beneath the wheels of that bus.”

“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 y...”

“Wars have a way reinventing people. And making too many things disappear.-Sonia”

“Sometimes, Lev, I just want to smack you.""You already hit him with a car.”

“You see, Risa, survival is a dance between our needs and our consciences. When the need is great enough, and the music loud enough, we can stomp conscience into the ground.'Risa closes her eyes. Sh...”

“It's always the lesser of two evils.''I don't see why there have to be any evils at all.'-Connor”

“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.”

“They will find whatever button will make you dance, and dance you will, no matter how hideous the tune.”

“Griping is for those without a plan of action...”

“Hole..." He grips Risa's hand tighter. "Hole, Risa, hole..." And she smiles "Yes, Connor," she says. "You're whole. You're finally whole.”

“The good Lord wouldn't have put it in your heart if it wasn't right.”

“Don't you recognize me, Mary? It's your good friend Allie the Outcast - although it looks like you're the one who's the out-cast now." Then Allie realized something with far too much glee. "Now tha...”