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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.
Neal Shusterman
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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Conner Lassiter. Scheduled to be unwound the 21st of November-until you went AWOL. You caused an accident that killed a bus driver, left dozens of others injured, and shut down an interstate highway for hours. Then, on top of it, you took a hostage AND shot a Juvey-cop with his own tranq gun. ...He's the Akron AWOL?!
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The Admiral's using us, he says to the kids around him. Don't you see that? Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. I'd rather be used whole than in pieces, Hayden says.
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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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She smiles at them as they go by and continues to play, making it clear that this furnace of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems. It is a womb of redemption for every Unwind, and fora ll those who fought the Heartland War and lost - which was everybody.
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...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.
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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.
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That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!
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But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is. -Connor
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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 ever been there, you know the signs don't tell you the exit you're coming up to, they only point out the exits you've just missed.
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No true hero ever believes that they are one.
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What do you do with a textbook case when no one's written the textbook?
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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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His life has been like a ballpark, hasn't it? All lines, structure, and rules, never changing. But now he's been hit over the wall into unknown territory.
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Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.
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Who am I? The sum of your dreams, the thrill you refuse to grasp, the unknown you fear.
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So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?
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The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.
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Fine, Connor tells him. Think about stuff until your head explodes. But the only thing I want to think about is surviving to eighteen. I find your shallowness both refreshing and disappointing at the same time. Do you think that means I need therapy?
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