Quotes From "Unwind" By Neal Shusterman

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Conner Lassiter. Scheduled to be unwound the 21st of November-until you went AWOL. You caused an accident that killed a bus driver, left dozens of others injured, and shut down an interstate highway for hours. Then, on top of it, you took a hostage AND shot a Juvey-cop with his own tranq gun."..." He's the Akron AWOL?! Neal Shusterman
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I was asking if unwinding kills you, or if it leaves you alive somehow. C'mon–it's not like we haven't thought about it." (...)What do you think, Connor?" asks Hayden. "What hap­pens to your soul when you get unwound?" Who says I even got one?" For the sake of argument, let's say you do." Who says I want an argument? Neal Shusterman
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We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light. Neal Shusterman
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I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless. Neal Shusterman
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It's always the lesser of two evils.'' I don't see why there have to be any evils at all.'- Connor Neal Shusterman
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The good Lord wouldn't have put it in your heart if it wasn't right. Neal Shusterman
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...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
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You can't change laws without first changing human nature... You can't change human nature without first changing the law. Neal Shusterman
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They meet in the girls' bathroom. The last time they were forced to meet in a place like this, they took separate, isolated stalls. Now they share one. They hold each other in the tight space, making no excuses for it. There's no time left in their lives for games, or for awkwardness, or for pretending they don't care about each others, and so they kiss as if they've done it forever. As if it is as crucial as the need for oxygen. Neal Shusterman
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How can you pass laws about things that nobody knows?"" They do it all the time, " says Hayden. "That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong. Neal Shusterman
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First rule of motherhood, dearie: men are screw-ups. Learn it now and you'll be a whole lot happier. Neal Shusterman
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You're not actually falling for him, are you?" he asks her one day, on one of the rare occasions he can get her alone." I'll pretend you didn't just ask that, " she tells him in disgust. But Connor has reasons to wonder." On that first night here, he offered you his blanket, and you accepted it, " he points out." Only because I knew it would make him cold."" And when he offers you his food, you take it."" Because it means he goes hungry." It's coolly logical. Connor finds it amazing that she can put her emotions aside and be as calculating as Roland, beating him at his own game. Another reason for Connor to admire her. . Neal Shusterman
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He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do.. Neal Shusterman
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Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this." Nice socks." Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none. Neal Shusterman
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One thing yo 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
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I know this is your hand now, ' she tells him. "Roland would have never touched me like that." Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No- the soul of a man. Neal Shusterman