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We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light.

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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They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.
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Adulthood can do the most horrific things to the best of people.
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(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)
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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? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way?
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I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. Roland would have never touched me like that. Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No- the soul of a man.
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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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Part of my job is to help other kids find books, because not everyone has a keenly organized mind. Some kids could wander the library for hours and still have no idea how to find anything. For them, the Dewey Decimal System might as well be advanced calculus.
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All this time, Lev ever realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by God, who is all forgiving. Not by people like Marcus and Pastor Dan, who would always stand by his side. He needed to be forgiven by an unforgiving world.
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One cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.
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But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.
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Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. I like your dolphin.
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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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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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I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.
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What do you do with a textbook case when no one's written the textbook?
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Would you rather die, or be unwound? Now he finally knows the answer. Maybe this is what he wanted. Maybe it's why he stood there and taunted Roland. Because he'd rather be killed with a furious hand than dismembered with cool indifference.
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