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“Most people have two emergency modes. But Connor always knew he had three: Fight, Flight, and Screw Up Royally. It was a dangerous mental circuit.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Therin lies the paradox of the profession,' Faraday said. 'Those who wish to have the job should not have it...and those who would most refuse to kill are the only ones who should.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Truth is truth. Implications are subjective. People will hear your words and draw their own conclusion.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“Although I do not require devotion, am I not deserving of it?”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“How do you fill it?’ Connor asks. 'How do you fill the … the space?’
And to Cam’s own amazement, he has an answer. 'Bit by bit,’ he says, 'and not alone.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnDivided

“He will always be waiting, I realize. He will never go away. And in time, I may find myself his first mate whether I want to or not, journeying to points exotic so that I might make another dive, and another, and another. And maybe one day I'll dive so deep that the Abyssal Serpent will catch me, and I'll never find my way back. No sense in denying that such things happen.

But it's not going to happen today—and there is a deep, abiding comfort in that. Deep enough to carry me through till tomorrow.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“I do not want to know things, I want to understand things. I want to answer every question ever posed me. I want to leave no room for anyone to doubt me.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy

“I understand what it's like to feel you'll never see the sun again. But you can learn to see in the dark. Or, if not, you trust that night doesn't last forever”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

“Walking into hell is always the easiest part. It’s coming back that takes work.”
“But she found a way. We always do, don’t we?”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

“I would then write and rewrite and edit and rewrite and edit more and scrutinise the language until it no longer sounded like English and I had convinced myself was illiterate and no one had ever had the heart to tell me”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

“Can we not simply be people, each of us with cogs in our brains that turn slightly differently, and some that need oiling and alignment and upkeep more than others?”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

“It means the feeling that you’re not so much living your life as just trying to push through it won’t last forever. Someday you’ll be able to breathe”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks