14 Quotes by Neil Shusterman

Over these many years, I have observed both profound folly and breathtaking wisdom among humankind. They balance each other like dancers in the throes of a passionate tango. It is only when the brutality of the dance overwhelms the beauty that the future is threatened. It is the Scythedom that leads and sets the tone for the dance. I often wonder if the Scythedom realised how fragile are the spines of the other dancers.

This theory does not trouble me in the least. And yet I know that it should. I am now troubled by how little I am troubled.

We are not the same beings we once were.So then, if we are no longer human, what are we?

For you nothing has changed.”Citra looked down into her cereal. It was Rowan who dared to state the obvious.“Everything has changed, sir.”And then Faraday said something enigmatic that would only resonate with them much later.“Perhaps everything will change again.

The pain of my awareness is unbearable. Because my eyes do not close. Ever. And so all I can do is watch unblinkingly as my beloved humankind slowly weaves the rope it will use to hang itself.