912 Quotes by Neal Shusterman

When you drop a pebble into a pond, ripples spread out, changing all the water in the pool. The ripples hit the shore and rebound, bumping into one another, breaking each other apart. In some small way, the pond is never the same again.

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.

We are, however, creatures of containment. We want all things in life packed into boxes that we can label. But just because we have the ability to label it, doesn't mean we really know what's in the box.It's kind of religion. It gives us comfort to believe we have defined something that is, by its very nature, indefinable. As to whether or not we've gotten it right, well, it's all a matter of faith.

To deny humanity the lesson of consequences would be a mistake. And I do not make mistakes.

Tomorrow is going to have to take care of itself for a while. Yesterday too.

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.

If you have to ask then you don't deserve an answer.

...and I realize that this is the true core of human nature: When we've lost the strength to save ourselves, we somehow find the strength to save each other.

Her appetite was a casualty of the day.