Richard Bertke

“The only thing you have for measuring what's real is your mind . . . so what happens when your mind becomes a pathological liar?”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“I marveled that people could live so close - that you could literally be surrounded by thousands who were only inches away - and yet be completely isolated. I found it hard to imagine. It's not so hard for me to imagine anymore.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“I was using," I tell her. "And God was my drug dealer."
She doesn't get it.
"Tripping on my own brain chemicals. The dope I was doing was already inside.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep