For standing between Cody and his pain is my obligation, and standing between my uncle and his pain is my rent, but the pain I coax from Bronte is my joy
Neal ShustermanThey were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.
Neal ShustermanHe's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines.
Neal ShustermanIt comes with being sixteen," Mom said. "You teenagers, you go into a cocoon when you turn fifteen and don't come out for years." "So they become butterflies when they finally come out?" my little sister Christina asked. "No," Mom said. "They're still caterpillars, only now they're big fat caterpillars that smell.
Neal Shusterman