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No true hero ever believes that they are one.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Science Fiction Writer
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Brooklyn
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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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Anger is only our friend when we know its caliber and how to aim it.
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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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Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.
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Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.
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This is not going to be easy. I'm good at being bad, but I'm bad at being good. I don't know the first thing about good deeds.
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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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Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.
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The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.
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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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Monster only had the power that you gave them
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We want what you no longer want.
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Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.
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You'll feel a tingling in your chest, says a surgeon. It's nothing to worry about.
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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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When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.
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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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Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.
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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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