A family is a collection of strangers trapped in a web of DNA and forced to cope. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I'm tired of eating your family's lousy, tasteless recipes," Dad said. "Tasteless recipes? My grandmother's rolling in her grave!" "It's from indigestion. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“It was Rowan who had coined the term "lettuce-kid" to describe them. Both of them were born sandwiched somewhere in the middle… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never… — 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
“In spite of my wisecracking, pain-in-the-ass ways, I was the clip that held things together. Unnoticed. Taken for granted. Okay, maybe I'm… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“The best you can really hope for is a family where everyone's problems, big and small, work together. Kind of like an… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“...Our conversation with the supermarket manager had been about as helpful as a New Jersey road sign, and if you've ever been… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“I choose to be known as scythe Anastasia after the youngest member of the family Romanov she was the product of a… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“I always hear people talk about 'dysfunctional families.' It annoys me, because it makes you think that somewhere there's this magical family… — 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 Image
“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 Image
Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug. — 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” gets crushed by what is. Sometimes I think it would be easier to die than to face that, because “what could have been” is much more highly regarded than “what should have been.” Dead kids are put on… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share
That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it! — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“while an adult could rarely be universally loved, everyone could love the right kid.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
