--- title: "16 Said Quotes By Neal Shusterman" description: "16 Said quotes by Neal Shusterman. Plus more from Neal Shusterman and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/neal-shusterman-412_game_this-game-s-stupid-said-lief-who-the-hec_2540238.png" --- > [This game's stupid," said Lief. "Who the heck is Zelda, anyway?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/this-game-s-stupid-said-lief-who-the-heck-is-zelda-anyway/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/neal-shusterman-412_game_this-game-s-stupid-said-lief-who-the-hec_2540238.png) > [I smell fear, he said with a quiet intensity. But not nearly enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/i-smell-fear-he-said-with-a-quiet-intensity-but-not-nearly-enough/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/neal-shusterman-412_enough_i-smell-fear-he-said-with-a-quiet-intens_937559.png) > [“But honey, there are some things that must never be said out loud.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/but-honey-there-are-some-things-that-must-never-be-said-out-loud/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/neal-shusterman-412_loud_but-honey-there-are-some-things-that-mus_3053867.png) > [Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!" No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/your-hair-looks-funny-lief-said-as-soon-as-the-ugloids-left-it-stands/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/neal-shusterman-412_china_your-hair-looks-funny-lief-said-as-soon_2828518.png) > [Eventually your body will learn the alliances it has to make with itself,' Kenny had said - as if Cam was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/eventually-your-body-will-learn-the-alliances-it-has-to-make-with/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/neal-shusterman-412_alliances_eventually-your-body-will-learn-the-alli_948078.png) > [We weren't going anywhere," Nick said with a smile. He was trying to sound charming, but instead wound up sounding heavily sedated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/we-weren-t-going-anywhere-nick-said-with-a-smile-he-was-trying-to/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/neal-shusterman-412_charming_we-weren-t-going-anywhere-nick-said-with_721562.png) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/i-m-tired-of-eating-your-family-s-lousy-tasteless-recipes-dad-said/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/neal-shusterman-412_dad_i-m-tired-of-eating-your-family-s-lousy_2377778.png) > [Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/leadership-is-about-keeping-toilets-flushing-the-admiral-once-said/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/neal-shusterman-412_admiral_leadership-is-about-keeping-toilets-flus_2054377.png) > [think of it this way," he said "It took nine months to get you born, so doesn't it figure it would take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/think-of-it-this-way-he-said-it-took-nine-months-to-get-you-born-so/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/neal-shusterman-412_born_think-of-it-this-way-he-said-it-took-nin_279636.png) > [...the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--' 'Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/the-statue-of-liberty-s-got-this-invitation-give-me-your-tired-your/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/neal-shusterman-412_breathe_the-statue-of-liberty-s-got-this-invitat_1012623.png) > [Then Jix locked eyes with him and said very calmly, "If you hit her, I will open my mouth wide enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/then-jix-locked-eyes-with-him-and-said-very-calmly-if-you-hit-her-i/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/neal-shusterman-412_avalon_then-jix-locked-eyes-with-him-and-said-v_3146137.jpg) > [And next to Allie, the screamer, once more reminded of his job, began to wail in Allie's ear. Reflexively Allie clapped her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/and-next-to-allie-the-screamer-once-more-reminded-of-his-job-began-to/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/neal-shusterman-412_clear_and-next-to-allie-the-screamer-once-more_2037263.png) > [It comes with being sixteen," Mom said. "You teenagers, you go into a cocoon when you turn fifteen and don't come out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/it-comes-with-being-sixteen-mom-said-you-teenagers-you-go-into-a/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/neal-shusterman-412_bigs_it-comes-with-being-sixteen-mom-said-you_398897.png) > [“Mooooon!” said the Ogre. “Tranquility …” Then he pointed at the full moon. “Neil Armstrong walked in a sea of tranquility.” Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/mooooon-said-the-ogre-tranquility-then-he-pointed-at-the-full-moon/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/neal-shusterman-412_armstrong_mooooon-said-the-ogre-tranquility-then-h_1289227.png) > [And," added Mikey. "she's my sister." The others looked at him for a moment, and broke out laughing. "Yeah, yeah," Squirrel scoffed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/and-added-mikey-she-s-my-sister-the-others-looked-at-him-for-a-moment/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/neal-shusterman-412_annoyed_and-added-mikey-she-s-my-sister-the-othe_695511.png) > [It can be said, then, that Everlost is heaven...for the places that deserve a share of forever. Such places are few and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/it-can-be-said-then-that-everlost-is-heaven-for-the-places-that/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/neal-shusterman-412_brother_it-can-be-said-then-that-everlost-is-hea_2941712.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Neal Shusterman > [“Picking locks was not a skill he had ever cultivated, but he persisted day after day, turning the tip of his talon into different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/picking-locks-was-not-a-skill-he-had-ever-cultivated-but-he-persisted/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“If you come anywhere near my daughter, I will see to it that you are taken apart piece by bloody piece. Do I make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/if-you-come-anywhere-near-my-daughter-i-will-see-to-it-that-you-are/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/dead-kids-are-put-on-pedestals-but-mentally-ill-kids-get-hidden-under/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when “should be” gets crushed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/the-fear-of-not-living-is-a-deep-abiding-dread-of-watching-your-own/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/that-s-wisdom-you-can-take-to-the-grave-and-dig-up-when-you-need-it/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“And you know the darkness beyond despair, just as intimately as you know the soaring heights. Because in this and all universes, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/and-you-know-the-darkness-beyond-despair-just-as-intimately-as-you/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [You may feel a tugging sensation near your ankles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/you-may-feel-a-tugging-sensation-near-your-ankles/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“while an adult could rarely be universally loved, everyone could love the right kid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/while-an-adult-could-rarely-be-universally-loved-everyone-could-love/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/it-s-like-art-you-know-picasso-had-to-prove-to-the-world-he-can-paint/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/the-way-i-see-it-the-impossible-happens-all-the-time-but-we-re-so/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“a true leader never puts his ego ahead of his assets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/a-true-leader-never-puts-his-ego-ahead-of-his-assets/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [If you have to ask then you don't deserve an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/if-you-have-to-ask-then-you-don-t-deserve-an-answer/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“There was never anything wrong with my life. Perhaps that was the problem... The crack in my life was the fact that I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/there-was-never-anything-wrong-with-my-life-perhaps-that-was-the/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“But fate is a freak when it comes to messing with your future in ways you don't see coming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/but-fate-is-a-freak-when-it-comes-to-messing-with-your-future-in-ways/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) > [“The sad truth about humanity, Risa was quick to realize, is that people believe what they are told. Maybe not the first time, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/the-sad-truth-about-humanity-risa-was-quick-to-realize-is-that-people/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/neal-shusterman/#itemlist", "name": "16 Said Quotes By Neal Shusterman", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This game's stupid,\" said Lief. \"Who the heck is Zelda, anyway?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neal Shusterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/this-game-s-stupid-said-lief-who-the-heck-is-zelda-anyway/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/neal-shusterman-412_game_this-game-s-stupid-said-lief-who-the-hec_2540238.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/neal-shusterman-412_game_this-game-s-stupid-said-lief-who-the-hec_2540238.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/neal-shusterman-412_game_this-game-s-stupid-said-lief-who-the-hec_2540238.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This game's stupid,\" said Lief. \"Who the heck is Zelda, anyway?” — Neal Shusterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I smell fear, he said with a quiet intensity. 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