Good in Crisis; Sucks at Normal.’ That about sums up my whole life, doesn’t it? — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Like everything else in his life, he crashed forward, caution the first casualty.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“The good Lord wouldn't have put it in your heart if it wasn't right.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“It's not about stupidity, or even rebellion-it's about feeling life.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“His life did not so much flash before his eyes, as slap him in the face” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
His life has been like a ballpark, hasn't it? All lines, structure, and rules, never changing. But now he's been hit over… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Try to see things differently - It's the only way to get a clearer perspective on the world and on your life. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“But life doesn’t end,” the smiling proponents of unwinding all insist. “It just transforms. We like to call it ‘living in a… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“People aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness all our lives.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“I guess once you start parting with all the things you think hold your life together, it's hard to stop—and then you… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“First rule of motherhood, dearie: men are screw-ups. Learn it now and you'll be a whole lot happier.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“I’m sure that absolute correctness must seem a dull existence to you, but I know no other way to be” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“His life was a festival of excess that could not be contained. Deafening music, eye-popping bright colors, sugar added to almost everything… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“But sometimes you get a career and then you suddenly realize you don't have a life. Or if you stay at home… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I post on Twitter regularly, and when I checked my followers, I saw that my own characters were following me. They sounded… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“All his life there was only one thing Lec was allowed to believe. It had surrounded him, cocooned him, constricted him with… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Normally Connor would walk away from a conversation like this. His life is about tangibles: things you can see, hear and touch.… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
There's a set of unspoken rules we live by when it comes to fighting. We can't help it. It comes from living… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“If love of money is the root of all evil, then having money is the root of all boredom. When you can… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“There are worse things than being robbed..." I could smell the sick old-meat stench on his breath, like he really had eaten… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“We are, however, creatures of containment. We want all things in life packed into boxes that we can label. But just because… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Damn right! The time of your life! Gotta wrap up all those life events, all those parties, into one - birthdays, wedding,… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The living do not see eternity, just as they don't see Everlost, but they sense both in ways that they don't even… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The way I see it, truth only looks good when you're looking at it from far away. It's kind of like that… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Life is like a bad haircut. At first it looks awful, then you kind of get used to it, and before you… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Mary believes she was put on earth to bring an end to the living world.” Both Nick and Mikey just stared at… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“His existence had always been comfortable, he had always held a clear picture of himself, his duties, and his place in a… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Then, in spite of everything, he began to smile. So much of his existence in Everlost had been full of despair. Despair,… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
What's the point of living if you're going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don't shut… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when 'should be'… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
So much of my life had been under tight control. So much of Quinn's life had been wild insanity. What we needed… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Live by your impulses, and you'll be just like them. You're better than that, aren't you, Red?” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“But birthdays are random... Defining one's life by the day one was cut from an umbilical cord is completely arbitrary.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Picking locks was not a skill he had ever cultivated, but he persisted day after day, turning the tip of his talon into different… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“If you come anywhere near my daughter, I will see to it that you are taken apart piece by bloody piece. Do I make… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when “should be” gets crushed… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“And you know the darkness beyond despair, just as intimately as you know the soaring heights. Because in this and all universes, there is… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“while an adult could rarely be universally loved, everyone could love the right kid.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“It's like art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he can paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“There was never anything wrong with my life. Perhaps that was the problem... The crack in my life was the fact that I had… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“But fate is a freak when it comes to messing with your future in ways you don't see coming.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
“The sad truth about humanity, Risa was quick to realize, is that people believe what they are told. Maybe not the first time, but… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
