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21 " Yes, it takes two to dance. But somebody has to lead. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Perfect (Impulse, #2)
22 " I love the way she feels inthe curve of my arm. I loveher unpretentious beauty,her intelligence, her nerve.But could I ever love her?The concept of falling in loveis completely foreign, somethingI can’t bring myself to accept. Her hair pillows my cheek and her hand on my leg is warm. I care about you, Conner, and I hate to see you hurting. I want to respond but can’tfind the pretty words I need. "
― Ellen Hopkins
23 " The things they say!A truck driver would blush.I would never talk that wayto Trevor he walks on water.I want him to think I do too.For a while, he did, or at leasthe pretended to.I did things with TrevorI wouldn't dare to confessto anyone—things I didn'tknow anyone did.But he wanted me to,so I did. That's what you dowhen you love someone,right? "
― Ellen Hopkins , Impulse (Impulse, #1)
24 " Tying the know means slipping a noose around love and choking it to death. "
25 " The Screamingflashed me back to a timewhen mom and dad were still togetherif you could call miles apart together. "
26 " A daughter is a rainbow - a curve of light through scattered mist that lifts the spirit with her prismatic presence. Is a shadow - a reminder of something brilliant ducking out of sight, too easily drawn away. She is an aria, swelling within the concern chamber, an echo reverberating across a miniature sea. She is a secret, whispered, a hint of what we cannot know until it finds us. She is a sliver of her father, a shard of her mother. A daughter is a promise, kept. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Triangles
27 " ...Every word an author writes causes ripples, like tossing a stone into a pond. And you don't know where they'll go, or who they'll touch, or when they might come back to you. I think everything you do is kind of like that, too. "
28 " Sometimes,you don't wake up.But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same. "
29 " Aloneeverything changes.Some might call it distorted realitybut it's exactly the place I need to be. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Crank (Crank, #1)
30 " When You Weren't Looking...why....Can't you...care...more...about...me. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Tricks (Tricks, #1)
31 " Might as Well Laugh...remember...when...Life...made...sense "
32 " Possibilities...in the closet...itching...to break out...but afraid of...the fallout "
― Ellen Hopkins , Fallout (Crank, #3)
33 " Faces...I...don't...know...the real...me "
34 " Have to Find...life...is...a—...gamble...after ...all. "
35 " I'll Stay...leave...me....I'll...follow...you. "
36 " It was the exact oppositefor me. At first all Iwanted was sex with her,but soon I wanted more.More sex, yes, in unusualplaces, and all different kinds.But that wasn’t all. I wantedher to fill the empty spacesleft by a father who neveronce praised me, ‘friends’ whoused me, an ice princess momwho raised me with glass kisses. "
37 " Home...Home....the word,...has...no...meaning "
38 " Once...Why...lie?...when...truth is...the easier path "
39 " Fireworks. Snowflakes. Sunstroke and frostbite. It was all that I could ask for and completely unexpected. I expected demands. He gifted me with tenderness. I expected ego. He let me experiment. I expected disrespect. He called me beautiful. I expected him to expect perfection. He taught me all I needed to know. "
40 " In a woman's womb another chance to makethe world a better place. "