The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Everyone just calls me Emby." "Is that your choice, or theirs?" asks the Admiral. "Well...theirs, mostly-but I got used to it." "Never… — 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
