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I like you, " he said. He made it sound as if she was bound to disagree with him. She nodded. His face said he was telling her something very important. He said, "I mean it. Whatever happens, you have to believe that.Jenny Downham
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So the gods must mean something else, ” said Jix.“God, not gods! ” insisted Johnnie.Nick threw up his hands. “God, gods, or whatever, ” said Nick. “Right now, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Jesus, or Kukulcan, or a dancing bear at the end of the tunnel. What matters is that we have a clue, and we have to figure it out.”“ Why?” Johnnie asked again. “Why does God — excuse me, I mean ‘the Light of Universal Whatever’- why does it just give us a freakin’ impossible clue? Why can’t it just tell us what we’re supposed to do?”“ Because, ” said Mikey. “the Dancing Bear wants us to suffer.Neal Shusterman
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Mooooon! ” said the Ogre. “Tranquility …” Then he pointed at the full moon. “Neil Armstrong walked in a sea of Tranquility.” Then he added, “It’s made of cheese. But you have to take off the plastic before you put it on a burger.” Mickey sighed.“ What’s his story?” the wraith asked.“ He’s chocolate, ” Mikey said.Neal Shusterman
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It was at that moment he realized that his spirit was truly human once more. For he no longer remembered how to be alone without being lonely.Neal Shusterman
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Mary believes she was put on earth to bring an end to the living world.” Both Nick and Mikey just stared at her.“ What do you mean … end?” asked Mikey.“End means end. Complete and total destruction. She wants to kill everyone and everything. She wants to bring down every building, burn every forest, empty every ocean of life. She wants to turn the earth into a dead planet …Neal Shusterman