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
believe ideas people
The sad truth about humanity...is that people believe what they're told. Maybe not the first time, but by the hundredth time, the craziest of ideas just becomes a given.
thinking nine way
think of it this way," he said "It took nine months to get you born, so doesn't it figure it would take nine months to get you dead?
war bills unwind
The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences
bully arrogance lines
It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.
wall fall effort
Walls don't fall without effort.
pain waiting littles
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.
beautiful mean i-can
I can't destroy things so beautiful." "Time will destroy them if you don't. Time destroys everything. But if you destroy them, it will mean something.
multiple-choice choices inquiry
...You know something, don't you?" "I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific." "Just answer the question." "True/false or multiple choice?
children incredibles protect
Incredible. It never ceases to amaze Starkey how far society will go to protect the children it loves and to discard the ones it doesn’t.
mean ready
We'll never be ready. So I guess that means we're as ready as we'll ever be.
school mean kids
The nation was tearing itself apart over pro-life and pro-choice but completely ignored the problems of the kids who were already here. I mean, no schools, no work, no clue if they'd even have a future. They just went nuts!
dream reality way
No," says Ariana. "It was a dream. Reality got in the way, that's all.
sneak-in sneakers ifs
(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)
taken scare insane
Why are you still with me, Fry?" CyFi asks after one of his body-shaking seizures. "Any sane dude woulda taken off days ago. "Who says I'm sane?" "Oh, you're sane, Fry. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.