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We want what you no longer want.

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)
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The thing was, if I had found a way to escape- even for just a little while- I knew the pain would be there waiting for me when I got back.
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Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.
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Normally Connor would walk away from a conversation like this. His life is about tangibles: things you can see, hear and touch. God, souls, and all that has always been like a secret in a black box he couldn't see into, so it was easier just to leave it alone. Only now, he's inside the black box.
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...You know something, don't you? I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific. Just answer the question. True/false or multiple choice?
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I'm scared, he says.I know, says the nurse.I want you all to go to Hell.That's natural.
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That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!
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It's funny how a flame can only burn your hand if you move too slow, you can tease it all you want and it never gets you, if your quick enough.
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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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Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.
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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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It's called loitering, which is like littering with human beings as the trash.
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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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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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With hardly any effort at all, she made me feel special. Just like all the other people she toyed with.
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Crawley reached into the pocket of his fancy robe - a dinner jacket, I think it's called. The kind of thing Professer Plum would wear before killing Colonel Mustard in the ballroom with the candlestick.
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Walls don't fall without effort.
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There are mysteries in Everlost. Some of them are wonderful, and others scary. They should all be explored, though- perhaps that's why we're here: to experience the good and the bad that Everlost has to offer.
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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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We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other's it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.
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