UnWholly (Unwind Dystology, #2)

by Neal Shusterman

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Words don’t hurt you.” Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.

The sad truth about humanity, Risa was quick to realize, is that people believe what they’re told. Maybe not the first time, but by the hundredth time, the craziest of ideas just becomes a given.

History is written by the victors—and when there are no victors, it all winds up in corporate shredders.”

Does a sick society get so used to its illness that it can’t remember being well? What if the memory is too dangerous for the people who like things the way they are?

We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I’m pleased to be in the light.