912 Quotes by Neal Shusterman

It sets me off giggling, which gets everyone else laughing. And it occurs to me that even in these do-or-die moments, there’s still space for us to laugh. I guess that means we still have some fight left in us.

The idea of his life ending was not much of a problem for him. In fact, it had become an oddly familiar theme. He had died so many times, and in so many ways, he was used to it. It held no more terror for him than falling asleep – which was often worse, because when he slept, he had nightmares. At least being deadish was a dreamless state, and the only difference between being deadish and being dead was the length of time involved.

Guilt is easy, innocence is hard.

I shouldn’t be here,” I appeal to the captain, wondering if I’ve told him this before. “I have midterms and papers due and dirty clothes I never picked up from my bedroom floor, and I have friends, lots of friends.

Nature is the sum of all selfishness, forcing each and every species to viciously claw its way to survival by snuffing others in the suffocating mire of history. I.

What happened to you was a crime. I can’t change that. What I can do is teach you to live with dignity.

No puedes dejar tu huella sin cribar unos cuantos egos por el camino.

Close enough to feel it, but not close enough to burn.

Before the Thunderhead, governments had constitutions and massive tomes of laws – yet even then, they were forever debated and challenged and manipulated. Wars were fought over the different interpretations of the same doctrine.