Neal Shusterman

He finds it amazing, when it comes down to it, how few things are worth taking. Memories, mostly.

I see the future in the stars that ride the horizon. Not just one future but all possible futures at once, and I don’t know which one is true. It’s a curse to see all that might happen but never know what will.”

Hope in the shadow of fear is the world’s most powerful motivator.

Those who wish to have the job should not have

Those who wish to have the job should not have

it . . . and those who would most refuse to kill are the only ones who should.”

Over the past two months he had learned that no one had his back anymore. Perhaps no one ever did.

Who knew death could arrive so small?

There was a lesson to be learned in every gleaning, and today’s was one she would not soon forget. The sanctity of the law . . . and the wisdom to know when it must be broken.

To be either too good or too bad drew attention. As much as he hated being the lettuce, it was his comfort zone.