Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in … - Neal Shusterman

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Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

Neal Shusterman

Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

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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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Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

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In silence all our usual patterns assault us. . . That is why most people give up rather quickly. When Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, the first things to show up were the wild beasts.

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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.

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Paradoxically, only journeying backward in time and reentering the home we once knew allows us to go forward to the home we've always wanted.

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