Peter Victor > Peter's Quotes

“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

“...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

“You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“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.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“The sad truth about humanity...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.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“I always hear people talk about 'dysfunctional families.' It annoys me, because it makes you think that somewhere there's this magical family where everyone gets along, and no one ever screams things they don't mean, and there's never a time when sharp objects should be hidden. Well, I'm sorry, but that family doesn't exist. And if you find some neighbors that seem to be the grinning model of 'function,' trust me - that's the family that will get arrested for smuggling arms in their SUV between soccer games.

The best you can really hope for is a family where everyone's problems, big and small, work together. Kind of like an orchestra where every instrument is out of tune, in exactly the same way, so you don't really notice.”
― Neal Shusterman, Antsy Does Time

“[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy in the medical jet—and you don't just go to somebody and say, "I'm a better person because you're in my head.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.”
― Neal Shusterman, Bruiser

“The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“I gotta go to the bathroom," Emby mumbles.
"You should have thought of that before you left," says Hayden, putting on his best mother voice. "How many times do we have to tell you? Always use the potty before climbing into a shipping crate.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Hey," says Hayden, "I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate."
"Get lost," Roland tells him.
"Already am." And Hayden strolls away.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“The good thing about being explosive is that no one can beat you.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Most people have two emergency modes. Fight and Flight. But Conner always knew he had three. Fight, Flight, and Screw Up Royally.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Anger is only our friend when we know its caliber and how to aim it.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are choices in various shades of wrong?”
― Neal Shusterman, Bruiser

“No true hero ever believes that they are one.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnSouled

“Heaven might shine bright, but so do flames.”
― Neal Shusterman, Everwild

“Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.”
― Neal Shusterman, Everfound

“Which is worse, Risa often wondered, to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted or to silently make then go away before they were even born”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“She plays music to heal herself, but nothing can heal her brokenness.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“He does not deserve this. He has done many things, not all good, but he does not deserve this. And he never did get his priest.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“One cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnSouled

“They signed the unwind order just to spite each other,but laugh,laugh,laugh,Hayden, because if you ever stop laughing,it might just tear you apart worse than a Chop Shop.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“Whether consciousness is implanted in us by something divine, or whether it is created by the efforts of our brains, the end result is the same. We are.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“You have robbed me, and everyone here, of their purpose. That's not salvation, that's damnation.”
― Neal Shusterman, UnWholly

“Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great for either world to bear, Everlost absorbs the shock, like a cushion between the two.”
― Neal Shusterman, Everwild

“Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.”
― Neal Shusterman, Everfound

“What can fingerprints mean when they’re not necessarily yours?”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind