"Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself.……" — Neal Shusterman
"Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial, and it's one of the strongest pacts in the world. Just ask all those people who were still drinking champagne while the Titanic went down."
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222 Quotes by Neal Shusterman
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Whoever invented the spork should be killed.
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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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Perhaps, thought Talon, there was a path in between. A way to shed their ignorance without losing their souls.
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