"I came running down the stairs that morning,……" — Neal Shusterman
"I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now."
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222 Quotes by Neal Shusterman
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You can't change laws without first changing human nature.
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I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.
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Our conversation with the supermarket manager had been about as helpful as a New Jersey road sign, and if you've…
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Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to…
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Perhaps, thought Talon, there was a path in between. A way to shed their ignorance without losing their souls.
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