Neal Shusterman Quotes

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

You cannot play with fire.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Gettin' near the fire, chica, doesn't necessarily mmean you'll get burned.

Fire is always ready to burn the hand it warms.

No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned

...if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.

'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.

There was nothing wrong with fire … as long as you didn’t stand too close. Something to keep in mind.

It is a real wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it.

How do you fall into a lion's den, that is my first question there, you think you would be extra carefull around a den of lions.

Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.

We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.

He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.

Safer than we are.” I told Franny. “Safer than love.” “let me tell ya kid,” Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. “Everything’s safer than love.

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed.

The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.

I'm willing to fly close to the flame.

I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if you tell people look, there's all these terrible things you can do and then some idiot may go ahead and do it.

The pervasive attitude is that it's crazy to invite more danger into your life.