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Fight, flight, and screw up royaly.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Science Fiction Writer
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How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.
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Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great for either world to bear, Everlost absorbs the shock, like a cushion between the two.
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The nation was tearing itself apart over pro-life and pro-choice but completely ignored the problems of the kids who were already here. I mean, no schools, no work, no clue if they'd even have a future. They just went nuts!
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I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.
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Love, Allie concluded, wasn't blind, it simply saw alternate dimensions.
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He's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines.
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Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good—but we are all tested in this life...The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.
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Why are you still with me, Fry? CyFi asks after one of his body-shaking seizures. Any sane dude woulda taken off days ago. Who says I'm sane? Oh, you're sane, Fry. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.
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You'll feel a tingling in your chest, says a surgeon. It's nothing to worry about.
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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.
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But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is. -Connor
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And he thinks that if his soul had a form, this is what it would be. A baby sleeping in his arms.
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How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.
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Revelations are never convenient, and always annoying.
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So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?
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What? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way?
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