Sure, 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 ShustermanCrawley reached into the pocket of his fancy robe - a dinner jacket, I think it's called. The kind of thing Professer Plum would wear before killing Colonel Mustard in the ballroom with the candlestick.
Neal ShustermanBut now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.
Neal ShustermanHope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.
Neal ShustermanThe Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. "I'd rather be used whole than in pieces," Hayden says.
Neal ShustermanI was asking if unwinding kills you, or if it leaves you alive somehow. C'monโit's not like we haven't thought about it." (...) What do you think, Connor?" asks Hayden. "What hapยญpens to your soul when you get unwound?" Who says I even got one?" For the sake of argument, let's say you do." Who says I want an argument?
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