Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing … - Neal Shusterman

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You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go.

Neal Shusterman

Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial, and it's one of the strongest pacts in the world. Just ask all those people who were still drinking champagne while the Titanic went down.

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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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