Top 6 Neil Shusterman Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human.”

— Neil Shusterman

2. “This is what the scythedom was uncapable of understanding. They were so focused on the act of killing, they couldn’t comprehend what went into the act of dying.”

— Neil Shusterman

3. “When the truth hurts, we always hate the messenger.”

— Neil Shusterman

4. “The pain of my awareness is unbearable. Because my eyes do not close. Ever. And so all I can do is watch unblinkingly as my beloved humankind slowly weaves the rope it will use to hang itself.”

— Neil Shusterman

5. “This theory does not trouble me in the least. And yet I know that it should. I am now troubled by how little I am troubled.”

— Neil Shusterman

6. “Over these many years, I have observed both profound folly and breathtaking wisdom among humankind. They balance each other like dancers in the throes of a passionate tango. It is only when the brutality of the dance overwhelms the beauty that the future is threatened. It is the Scythedom that leads and sets the tone for the dance. I often wonder if the Scythedom realised how fragile are the spines of the other dancers.”

— Neil Shusterman

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