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“Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“I wondered which was better—to have had something for just a second and then have it taken away, or to have never had it at all.”
― Kelly Yang, Front Desk

“As I watched the bills slip away, the money I had worked so hard for on my first day at the front desk, I wondered which was better—to have had something for just a second and then have it taken away, or to have never had it at all.”
― Kelly Yang

“There is always something to miss, no matter where you are.”
― Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain And Tall

“That's the duty of the old,' said the Librarian, 'to be anxious on the behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.'

They sat for a while longer, and then parted, for it was late, and they were old and anxious.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“We know it's all just daydreaming...But sometimes, it'd be nice just to hold something real in your hands that felt like a measure of your worth.”
― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“Oh, but I like my geese.
Like cats, they can't be told what to do, and like dogs, they're loyal, and like people, they talk every chance they get.”
― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.”
― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness.
The tales tell what they can.
The rest is for us to learn.
The question is, are we smart enough to figure for ourselves?”
― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“Geric," she called.
He turned back around.
"What kind of flowers were they?"
"I don't rightly know," he said. He made faltering gestures with his hands, forming their size and shape from the air. "They were yellow, and smallish, and had lots of petals."
"Thank you," she said. "They were beautiful.”
― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“Well, the rain made them a mess, the flowers, half of them bald of petals and the stems weak as noodles,
and I was beginning to think that flowers were a silly idea,
that you'd think, I don't know what,
but I kept them all week because the last couple of days I couldn't escape to come and explain,
and yesterday the flowers just flat died.
So when I left today I didn't have any flowers,
and wasn't sure I'd find you anyhow,
so I grabbed what I could find, and it was food.”
― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“For Connor it’s not about stupidity, or even rebellion—it’s about feeling life.
Sitting on this ledge, hidden behind an exit sign is where he feels most comfortable.
Sure, one false step and he’s roadkill.
Yet for Connor, life on the edge is home.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“I remember thinking, if a baby was going to be so unloved, why would God want it brought into the world?”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference.
But this isn't a perfect world.
The problem is people who think it is.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“The kids who knew them would talk about how terrible it was, and gripe about it for a day or two, and then it became old news. Unwinds didn't go out with a bang
—they didn't even go out with a whimper.
They went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“That's what you are now.
TROUBLE in caps-lock."
Then she puts her cane down, and softens a bit.
“That's not your fault, though.
You didn't ask to be born, and you didn't ask to be unwound, either.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this.
"Nice socks."
Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“My life as a Morlock,” he says.
“Am I supposed to know what that is?”
“Light-sensitive underground frogmen, often portrayed in bad green-rubber costumes.
Sadly, this is what we've become.
Except for the green-rubber costume part.

...The thing about Morlocks is that they're known to be cannibals.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Hayden passes his hand back and forth over the flame.
He doesn't move slowly enough to burn himself, but he does move slowly enough to feel the heat.
Hayden notices Connor watching him.
“It's funny how a flame can only burn your hand if you move too slow,” Hayden says.
“You can tease it all you want and it never gets you, if you're quick enough.”
“Are you a pyro?” Connor asks.
“You're confusing boredom with obsession.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“You Unwinds are all the same.
You think that because no one loves you, then you can't love anyone.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have
—people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad.
We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives.
Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“And he thinks that if his soul had a form, this is what it would be.
A baby sleeping in his arms.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Which was worse, Risa often wondered—to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted, or to silently make them go away before they were even born? On different days Risa had different answers.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“You...you lost your faith?"
"No...just my convictions. I still very much believe in God- just not a god who condones human tithing."
Lev begins to feel himself choking up with an unexpected flood of feeling, all the emotions that had been building up throughout their talk- throughout the weeks- arriving all at once like a sonic boom.
"I never knew there was a choice.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“You...you lost your faith?"
"No...just my convictions. I still very much believe in God- just not a god who condones human tithing."
Lev begins to feel himself choking up with an unexpected flood of feeling, all the emotions that had been building up throughout their talk- throughout the weeks- arriving all at once like a sonic boom.
"I never knew there was a choice.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Funny how morality, which always seems so black and white can be influenced so completely by what you were raised to believe.”
― Neal Shusterman

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline