Tesla's Attic Quotes

“The simpler the solution, the harder it is to arrive at.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“Hope is a terrible thing to lose.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“Have a mint,” she said. “No thanks,” Mitch told her. “I SAID, HAVE A MINT.” And Mitch, like a weak mind manipulated by the Force, obeyed.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“I have no doubt that, one way or another, you'll fill the empty spaces left behind.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“When a semi-stranger invites you inside to see her darkroom, any sensible human being would break the land speed record running in the other direction. However, with her perpetually present pocket pepper spray and a brown belt in theoretical jujitsu, Petula felt well able to protect herself should Ms. Planck turn out to be serving up local children in the beef ragout, like that lunch lady down in Phoenix.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“Mitch’s father’s exclusive gated community had an extensive guard gate. In fact, it had two. It also had an electrified fence. And towers with armed guards. All things considered, few gated communities could be more exclusive than the Colorado State Penitentiary.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“Hope is a terrible thing to lose. Sometimes that wounded space gets filled with scar tissue, bitter, ugly, and angry.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“What happened to you is kind of like a fire, in a way. I saw this thing once on T.V. They said wildfires have to happen every so often. Brush gets too thick, trees get too dense. You have a hot day and whoosh! But the heathy trees survive. In fact, there are some seeds that won't even grow until they burn first. So have you lost some friends today? Maybe, but they weren't real friends. They were just brush. And the ones who stick by you, the ones who get it? They're the healthy trees.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“(B)ut a second can split in a million different directions...”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“player had put in her armor. Her well-crafted social veneer”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“Nick realized that the end of the world must be upon them, because his father preparing a home-cooked meal two nights in a row was surely a sign of the apocalypse.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“As he looked around at this boneyard of uselessness, Nick Slate had a simple idea. An idea that would not only change the direction of his life, but the very course of human existence. He would hold a garage sale.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“The astonished astronomer who made the discovery was left with one all-important question: is it more appropriate to e-mail, call, or text your boss that the world is about to end?”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“No outcome is certain, even when it seems so. Fates can change with the swing of a bat, or the flip of a switch, or the closing of a circuit.
It all came down to how far you dared to go to accomplish what the world thinks can't be done.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“I know this sounds weird...but it's like we're all a part of this machine. The things we've done—the things we still have to do—they're all connected.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“When you know the future...you can either let that future happen to you, or be the one to create it.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“When faced with the end of all things, it was much easier to nibble at it than take it in large, indigestible bites.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“(T)his could be the big inning of a wonderful friendship.”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic

“And he up”
― Neal Shusterman, Tesla's Attic