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Neal Shusterman is an acclaimed American author born on November 12, 1962. Known for his profound themes and imaginative storytelling, his works span across genres such as science fiction, fantasy, and young adult literature.

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All Ifs Knows People Unwind World Thinking Want Said Way Rowan

Famous Neal Shusterman Quotes

“You can't change laws without first changing human nature.”

Firsts Humans Law Human Nature Can't Change

Book:Unwind

Source: Unwind

“There's a set of unspoken rules we live by when it comes to fighting. We can't help it. It comes from living in a civilized world. Even when you're fighting your hardest, somewhere deep down, you know how far you can go. But today the rules are gone. Today I fight not to win, but to destroy.”

Knows World Life Helping Today Fighting Winning Know How Gone Hardest Live By Civilized Deep Down Unspoken How Far You Can Go Unspoken Rules

Author:Neal Shusterman

“I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.”

Knows Want Natural Hell Scared Nurse I Want You Go To Hell

Book:Unwind

Source: Unwind

“Our conversation with the supermarket manager had been about as helpful as a New Jersey road sign, and if you've ever been there, you know the signs don't tell you the exit you're coming up to, they only point out the exits you've just missed.”

Ifs Knows Conversation Travel Managers Helpful Jersey Exit New Jersey Supermarkets Road Sign

Author:Neal Shusterman

“Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem”

Needs Matter Problem Seems Might Grows Cities Solve Chaotic

Book:Downsiders

Source: Downsiders

“Perhaps, thought Talon, there was a path in between. A way to shed their ignorance without losing their souls.”

Way Soul Path Ignorance Losing Shed Talons

Book:Downsiders

Source: Downsiders

“It can be said, then, that Everlost is heaven...for the places that deserve a share of forever. Such places are few and far between...The greatest of these stood near Manhattan's southern-most tip: the two gray brothers to the green statue in the bay. The towers had found their heaven...held fast, and held forever by the memories of a mourning world, and by the dignity of the souls who got where they were going on that dark September day.”

World Said Two Soul Found Heaven Memories Dark Forever Share Brother Deserve Dignity Green Mourning Gray Southern Towers September Statues Manhattan

Author:Neal Shusterman

“You know that feeling you get when your leg falls asleep? Well, I suddenly had that feeling in my spine. Like termites were chewing through the marrow in my backbone.”

Knows Wells Feelings Fall Fear Legs Spine Backbone Chewing Marrow Sleep Well That Feeling You Get

Book:Dread Locks #1

Source: Dread Locks #1

“I smell fear, he said with a quiet intensity. But not nearly enough.”

Said Enough Fear Quiet Smell Intensity

Author:Neal Shusterman

“... always been a goal-oriented girl. it was both her strength and her weakness. She had a drive to completion that always gets things done, but it also made her inflexible, and stubborn.”

Made Done Girl Goal Weakness Stubborn Flexible Things Done Completion Goal Oriented

Author:Neal Shusterman

“I don't want to be empty on the inside.”

Want Empty

Book:Full Tilt

Source: Full Tilt

“Dreams can twist your emotions like no reality can.”

Dream Reality Emotion Twists

Book:Dread Locks #1

Source: Dread Locks #1

“A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.”

Prison Pedestal Insidious

Book:UnSouled

Source: UnSouled

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Born: November 12, 1962
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Quotes: 363

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