He's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing … - Neal Shusterman

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Maybe the only thing that hints at a sense of Time is rhythm; not the recurrent beats of the rhythm but the gap between two such beats, the gray gap between black beats: the Tender Interval.

Neal Shusterman

He's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines.

Briefcase, Light, Nothing, Shining, Void

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That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!

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You don’t just go to somebody and say, ‘I’m a better person because you’re in my head.

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The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. "I'd rather be used whole than in pieces," Hayden says.

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Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it in Africa, we see it in Asia.

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What's that?" "The laundry basket?" "No, next to it. " "I don't see anything next to it. " "It's my last shred of dignity. It's very small.

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