Neal Shusterman
Neal Shusterman
Neal Shustermanis an American writer of young-adult fiction. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth12 November 1962
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
mean lord strikes
Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.
heart quickening
There's a quickening of her heart when she sees him. She tells herself it's anger.
damnation purpose salvation
You have robbed me, and everyone here, of their purpose. That's not salvation, that's damnation.
engineering bridges islands
He only wishes there were something that would heal the scars in his mind, which he can still feel. He sees his mind now as an archipelago of islands that he labors to build bridges between - and while he's had great success engineering the most spectacular of bridges, he suspects there are some islands that he'll never reach.
teenage rebellion over-it
Teenage rebellion is for suburban schoolchildren. Get over it.
people forgiving world
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.
needs graves
That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!
alliances body slave
Eventually your body will learn the alliances it has to make with itself,' Kenny had said - as if Cam was a factory full of strike-prone workers, or worse, a clutch of slaves forced into unwanted labor.
effort brain consciousness
Whether consciousness is implanted in us by something divine, or whether it is created by the efforts of our brains, the end result is the same. We are.
men suffering tests
The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.
princess sleep heart
The eternally sleeping princess, thinks Cam. But I shall free you from those poisoned brambles that surround your heart. And then you will have no choice but to love me.
world bigs big-questions
It's a big question. Where do you begin to change the world?
kids opportunity missing
The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. "I'd rather be used whole than in pieces," Hayden says.
wind written corporate
History is written by the victors--and when there is no victors, it all winds up in the corporate shredders.