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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.
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We weren't going anywhere, Nick said with a smile. He was trying to sound charming, but instead wound up sounding heavily sedated.
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Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.
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Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.
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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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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 once impossible.
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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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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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What? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way?
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(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)
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There's a quickening of her heart when she sees him. She tells herself it's anger.
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Then she offers him a slim but sincere smile, and he reluctantly returns it. It doesn't bridge the gap between them, but at least it marks the spot where the bridge might be built.
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think of it this way, he said It took nine months to get you born, so doesn't it figure it would take nine months to get you dead?
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It's a big question. Where do you begin to change the world?
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[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy in the medical jet—and you don't just go to somebody and say, I'm a better person because you're in my head.
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