The question wasn't whether or not I cared about him; the question was, how much? I'm glad Tennyson didn't ask that, because then I'd have to ask myself; and I already knew the answer. I cared far more than was safe.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés questions caring-too-much

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It was easier to deal with Tennyson when he was fighting me; but having him on my side was frightening, because now I didn't know who the enemy was.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés fighting enemy

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I love you, Brew." "No you don't," he said. "Just shut up and take it," I told him. He smiled. "Okay.

Neal Shusterman

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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.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés pain waiting

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Walls don't fall without effort.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés effort fall walls

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... "Keep your eyes on the prize," although I think he should have also said "Go after the prize," too; and maybe that's why prizes ever came his way, because all he ever did was look at them.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés prize go-after-it

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Those eyes of his just look up at me, pupils dilated in the diffused lights of the room. Wide, black pools, seeking out galaxies.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés eyes giant eyes-like-stars enormity

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In the end, blame didn't shine on an individual. It was a floodlight cast on all of us. And all because we longed for healing and happiness- as if happiness is a state of being. But it's not. Happiness is a vector. It's movement. Like my own momentum across the pool, joy can only be defined by the speed at which you're moving away from pain.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés happiness pain

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Did you ever get the feeling that everything was too perfect? Like the moment was so good that something had to be wrong? Kind of like the way a fish sees that bright, shiny lure just before it chomps down and gets hauled out of water to become someone's lunch.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés simile fish metaphor perfect perfectionism suspicion suspicious

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Man, Grandma, what big hair you have."
"The better to style with, my dear.

Neal Shusterman

Mots clés funny fairy-tales hair fairy-tale red-riding-hood

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