How do you judge the brightness of a light when youโre the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.
Neal ShustermanYou 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.
Neal ShustermanBecause if their own parents didn't care enough about them to keep them, who would want them in Heaven?
Neal ShustermanWhat, are you totally psycho?" I shouted. "Maybe I am!" he screamed back at me. "Maybe that's just what I am. Maybe I'm that quiet guy who suddenly goes nuts and then you find half the neighborhood in his freezer." I gotta admit, that one stumped me for a second - but only for a second. "Which half?" I asked. "Huh?" "Which half of the neighborhood? Could you make it the people on the other side of Avenue T, because I never really liked them anyway.
Neal Shusterman