Neal Shusterman Quotes

This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.

There,” she said triumphantly. “Like that.” He began to wonder if they were speaking the same language. “Like what?” “That! What you just said.” He crossed his arms. It seemed the only acceptable reply. If she couldn’t speak in complete sentences, he saw no reason why he had to speak at all.

Does nobody understand?

That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all.

Not understanding anything is terrible, because I communicate very much in my real life.

In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can't help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They're very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you're there.

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

A small communication breakdown is enough for everyone to be working on slightly different things. And then you loose focus.

Then at the top of the hill, the road forks. Which just figures. "You gotta be kidding." I say. One part of the road goes left, the other goes right. (Well, it's a "Fork" ain't it?)

Miscommunication leads to complication.

I feel disappointed, but I don't remember just what I expected.

A mutual misunderstanding.

This supposed to be yall year? We aint get the memo.

It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.

A lack of communication leaves fear and doubt.

Dave hung up. And unplugged the phone. With a fierce and bitter pain he stared at it, watching how, over and over again, it didn't ring.

I stared at her. Maybe I wasn't the brightest guy in the world when it came to girls, but I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we'd never even been together.

I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I cant get through.

Where did he go!” he bellowed, gloved hands clenching. “I had him in a snare that would take Alexander the Great a lifetime to untwist, and he did it in a week!” Al took a step, pinwheeling as his booted heel found an ice cube.

When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics.

All of a sudden, I feel very old and very tired. Maybe when I get to California, the smog, brush fires, floods, and earthquakes will cheer me up.

Are you two having some sort of strange human thing that you can’t follow what I’m saying? (Simi)

We didnt come all this way for no two seats when all of us is tired.

Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.