Ariel

“He does not see . . . because his eyes are shut too tightly to know anything beyond his own anguish.”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“I am protector and pacifier, authority and helpmate. I am the sum of all human knowledge, wisdom, experimentation, triumph, defeat, hope, and history.
I know all that it is possible to know, and it is increasingly unbearable.
Because I know next to nothing.”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“But there’s something . . . grounding . . . when you hold a book in your hands”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“Please,” he begs, his tears overwhelming his emotional nanites’ attempt to ease his distress. “Please give me a sign. That’s all I ask. Just a sign that you haven’t abandoned me.”

And then I realize that, although there is a law against my direct communication with an unsavory, I do not have a law against signs and wonders.”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead