“ I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray. Neal Shusterman
“ First rule of motherhood, dearie: men are screw-ups. Learn it now and you'll be a whole lot happier. Neal Shusterman
“ I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning. Neal Shusterman
“ I'm sure my parents must be proud. Or horrified. Or are bitterly arguing about whether they're proud or horrified, and have already hired lawyers to resolve the dispute. -Hayden Upchurch Neal Shusterman
“ I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them. Neal Shusterman
“ Everything feels right with the world......and the sad thing is that I know it's a dream. I know it must soon end, and when it does I will be thrust awake into a place where either I'm broken, or the… Neal Shusterman
“ You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours. 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 by what is. Sometimes I think it would be easier… Neal Shusterman
“ It's kind of like religion. It gives us comfort to believe we have defined something that is, by its very nature, indefinable. As to whether or not we've gotten it right, well, it's all a matter of fa… Neal Shusterman
“ Centering, however, is easier said than done. This I learned from a ceramics class I once took. The teacher made throwing a pot look easy, but the thing is, it takes lots of precision and skill. You s… Neal Shusterman
“ If you think about it, the public perception of funky brain chemistry has been as varied and weird as the symptoms, historically speaking. If I had been born a Native American in another time, I might… Neal Shusterman
“ I suppose even a simple slogan can be twisted into whatever shape we want, like a balloon animal—we can even make it loop back around on itself, becoming a noose. In the end, the measure of who we are… Neal Shusterman
“ You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees bottomless pit in yours. 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 balance. You can't have the one without facing the other. And… Neal Shusterman
“ What's going on? I'm in the back car of a roller coaster at the top of the climb, with the front rows already giving themselves over to gravity. I can hear those front riders screaming and know my own… Neal Shusterman
“ Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us. Neal Shusterman
“ It was at that moment he realized that his spirit was truly human once more. For he no longer remembered how to be alone without being lonely. Neal Shusterman
