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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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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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...New Beginning to the same old story
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It comes with being sixteen, Mom said. You teenagers, you go into a cocoon when you turn fifteen and don't come out for years. So they become butterflies when they finally come out? my little sister Christina asked. No, Mom said. They're still caterpillars, only now they're big fat caterpillars that smell.
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The eternally sleeping princess, thinks Cam. But I shall free you from those poisoned brambles that surround your heart. And then you will have no choice but to love me.
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Teenage rebellion is for suburban schoolchildren. Get over it.
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Then Jix locked eyes with him and said very calmly, If you hit her, I will open my mouth wide enough to swallow you whole, force you through my bowels, then out my other end. Avalon scowled at him. You can't do that. Try me, Jix said. Avalon backed off, then angrily stormed away, and Jix winked at Jill. One in five.
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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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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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What? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way?
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You know that feeling you get when your leg falls asleep? Well, I suddenly had that feeling in my spine. Like termites were chewing through the marrow in my backbone.
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That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!
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So, says Lev, as casually as he can, you wanna dance? Do you believe in the end of the world? she responds. Lev shrugs. I don't know. Why? Because the day after that is when I'll dance with you.
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When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.
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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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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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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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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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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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And, added Mikey. she's my sister. The others looked at him for a moment, and broke out laughing. Yeah, yeah, Squirrel scoffed, and the McGill is my cousin. Now Allie burst out laughing, which made Mikey more annoyed. If the McGill was your cousin, Mikey said, I can guarantee he'd disown you.
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the captain is supposed to go down with the ship . unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat
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