Gleanings Quotes

“She said her life was completed,” Trina said. “That’s something that none of us will ever experience. Even if we’re gleaned someday, it won’t be the same, because we weren’t born mortal. From this moment on, no one will ever know what it feels like to be complete.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“Second place meant first loser.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“everything can—and will—change in an instant. People, truths, whole realities. The trick is deciding if a certain change is good, or bad, or some other thing we don’t yet have words for.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“truth and conviction are not comfortable bedfellows, and what one believes will often cast out that which is true.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“Loneliness is a relative term. Is a dandelion seed lonely when its pod opens and the wind lifts it into the air? Once it lands and takes root, yes, it is solitary, but is it lonely? Of course not! It is content to know it was one of many.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“Because it is easier to believe that scythes aren't real, and that I am a liar, and that the moon is made of cheese, than it is to admit that everything you believe about the world is wrong.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“I’m Cochran. Cochran Stæinsby,” he said. “But you can call me Ran.” “What a curious nickname.” “Well, the first half of Cochran is a bit problematic for a nickname, isn’t it?”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“For if my study of human nature has taught me anything, it is that truth and conviction are not comfortable bedfellows, and what one believes will often cast out that which is true.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“If I could smile, I would. Lonely? How could I be lonely with friends like this on the journey?”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“And, like the Thunderhead, we love humanity. But we know not to coddle it. Humanity must accept the consequences of its own actions. We cannot - should not - protect it from itself.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“It felt... momentous," he said. "It felt important. It felt - I felt - filled with wonderful purpose. I want to feel that again.”
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“Respect borne of fear is not the same as respect borne of love. One passes with you to the grave, the other flourishes after your departure.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“A scythe could share their bed with anyone, but their life with no one.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“he other classes were much needed distractions from the Stress of the assignment and when his parents found out, which of course they did, they called him in a controlled panic. All their regret and guilt at sending him to a boarding school overflowed along with their fear for his life. He had to console them and tell them it was going to be okay. He's the one who's life may have been in jeopardy and yet he had to console them.”
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“Marni shrugged. “We’ll just get revived – and then you’ll get your hand slapped by High Blade Churchill for being an ‘insufferable bitch.”
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“One day there was natural death in the world, the next there wasn’t. If there’s one thing losing my husband taught me, it’s that everything can—and will—change in an instant. People, truths, whole realities. The trick is deciding if a certain change is good, or bad, or some other thing we don’t yet have words for.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“Coming to a museum for answers was like asking a river to hold still for your reflection.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“Humanity’s so-called immortality only replaced one impossible question—What do I do with my brief time on Earth?—with another equally impossible one: What do I do with more time than I’ll ever need?”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“Do not be afraid of death, Morty once read, for is it not simply the same void from whence we first emerged?”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“Cuanto más dolor sentía, más dolor necesitaba sentir.”
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“El respeto nacido del miedo no era lo mismo que el respeto nacido del amor. Uno se va contigo a la tumba, pero el otro florece después de tu partida.”
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“Las disculpas solo funcionan la primera vez.”
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“La soledad es un término relativo. ¿Se siente sola una semilla de diente de león cuando se abre su vaina y el viento la eleva y echa raíces sola? ¡Claro que no! Lo que siente es la satisfacción de saber que era una de muchas.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“No temas a la muerte porque ¿qué es la muerte, sino el mismo vacío del que surgimos?”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“El arte cada vez iba más sobre menos. ¿Qué pasaría cuando no fuera sobre nada en absoluto?”
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“Sí, la humanidad había encontrado la cura para la muerte, pero eso solo significaba que tenía una eternidad para fracasar. ¿Cómo le sentaría eso? ¿Se agotaría su pasión? ¿Se apagaría la llama de su creatividad sin viento que la alimentase?”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“La historia no era más que un hábito curioso que se abandonaba para dar paso a otro.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“El arte consiste en llevar el corazón en la mano e intentar averiguar cómo narices ha llegado hasta allí.”
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“Las máquinas pueden hacerlo casi todo. Lo que no significa que deban hacerlo. A veces es más importante el toque humano que la automatización. Más importante para el humano, me refiero.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings

“La verdad y la convicción no hacen una pareja demasiado cómoda, y lo que uno cree suele desterrar a lo que es cierto.”
― Neal Shusterman, Gleanings