Monday, September 16, 2013

Memorable Passage



                The quote that I am using is from the last book of the Everlost series, Everfound. The books follow two main characters that in the beginning of book one have a head on collision and die together to awaken in a kind of purgatory that is named, “Everlost.” This book is no divine comedy, for it is not as dark as it may seem. The only people in this “Everlost” are other children, and the book is highly imaginative. The quote I chose is from the end of the final book when the narrator is speaking after the final chapter. He says:
                “In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly we believe, no matter how deep our think tanks and how high our aspirations. But as anyone will tell you- for we all know this within or hearts- the impossible happens and grand cosmic mysteries are solved on a regular basis.”
                This quote really spoke to me, because it opened my mind to the bigger picture, you might say. If you take a step back for a second and really think about it, the impossible does seem to happen quite often. One example would be technology, and how vastly it has changed our society today. I would say that Neal Shusterman has it pretty much all figured out, because he related to a lot of readers with his books. I’m hoping for a follow-up on the series, but I honestly doubt it, and I would not be too upset either, because the ending was amazing in the last book, and drawing it out could be destructive to it.

1 comment:

  1. Something I think about quite often: "there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure." And the cover image reminds me of my visit to Chichen Itza I shared in English 4!

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