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

Tag: 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

Tag: 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

Tag: pain waiting

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Walls don't fall without effort.

Neal Shusterman

Tag: 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

Tag: 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

Tag: 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

Tag: 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

Tag: 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

Tag: funny fairy-tales hair fairy-tale red-riding-hood

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