...And perhaps you can sense, in some small twisting loop of your gut, the convergence of the wrong, of the right, and of the woefully misguided. If you do, then pay sharp attention to the moment you wake, and the moment you fall asleep...For maybe then you will know, without a shadow of a doubt, which is which.
Neal ShustermanSure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no goodโbut we are all tested in this life...The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.
Neal Shusterman