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41 " How far we claim to have come - accepting all men as created equal. Gender being the requisite qualifier, as women are not reviewed in the same fashion - their fashion hopefully better suited to the bedroom than the boardroom. And, you know, homosexuals not really being 'men,' cannot be judged equivalent to their stiffer-wristed brethren. On religion, well, some Christians are willing to make room for a Jew or two in their inner circles. But Mecca-facing prayer must be met with flaming crosses. Close your eyes to the details, the big picture can still be viewed through rose-colored glass. But go any distance beyond the rhetoric, truth becomes a shadowed lens. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Triangles
42 " Girls get Screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of things. The way things work, how guys feel great, but make girls feel cheap for doing exactly what they beg for "
― Ellen Hopkins , Crank (Crank, #1)
43 " Back turned, you don't have to look at what you've left behind. And the person who first turned their back on you can't watch you break down and cry. Never allow an enemy to see weakness in you. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Perfect (Impulse, #2)
44 " She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Identical
45 " I had never kissed a boy, had never even considered that I might enjoy such an unclean thing, until literature opened my eyes. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Burned (Burned, #1)
46 " Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Collateral
47 " So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone. "
― Ellen Hopkins
48 " Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing. "
49 " LightThat's how I feel-like the winter-fringedbreeze might scoopme up into its wings,flyaway with me trappedin its feathered embrace.I am a snowflake.A wisp of eiderdown,liberatedfrom gravity. My bodyis light. Ephemeral.My head is light.I want to swaybeneaththe weight of air,dizzy with thought.Light filters throughmy closed eyelids.The sun,chasing shadows,tells me I'm notafloat in dreams. "
50 " Me? Beautiful? I'm plain as cardboard. That may be how you see yourself, but the rest of the world would be hard to agree. You shine brighter than the Milky Way.Now there are those who might try to take that from you, but you don't have to give it away. Keep on shining Pattyn.And when the right young man comes along, he'll love you all the more for giftin' this sad planet with your light. "
51 " Forgiveness isn’t my best thing.Easier staying pissed. But I’mtired of being pissed all the time.Tired of feeling hurt by stuff thatcan never be fixed because it isan indelible part of the past. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Fallout (Crank, #3)
52 " In fact, since the accident, Mom doesn't love anyone. She is marble. Beautiful. Frigid. Easily stained by her family. What's left of us anyway. We are corpses.At first, we sought rebirth. But resurrection devoid of her love has made us zombies. We get up every morning, skip breakfast, hurry off to work or school. For in those other places, we are more at home.And sometimes we stagger beneath the weight of grief, the immensity of aloneness. "
53 " Dream bigger before you can't remember to dream at all. "
54 " Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn’t dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open "
55 " Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn't dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open? "
56 " Afraid to die loveless. Because I think if you die without knowing love in this life, that's how you'll spend eternity. Alone. Frozen. Do you think hell is fiery? I don't. I think hell is frozen. "
57 " I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind? "
― Ellen Hopkins , Impulse (Impulse, #1)
58 " ...what good would it do toshutter your windows, neverdream of rainbows or find hopein promises? Why choose to walk awayrather than hold your groundand fight for love? "
59 " Am I more afraidOf taking a chance andlearning I'm somebodyI don't know, or of risking new territory,only to find I'm the sameold me? There is comfortin the tried and true.Breaking groundmight uncover a sinkhole,one impossible to climb outof. And setting sail inuncharted watersmight mean capsizing intoa sea monster's jaws.Easier to turn my back onthese thingsthan to try tjem and fail.And yet, a whisper insistsI need to know if they are oraren't integral to me.Status quo is a swamp.And stagnation is slow death. "
60 " Anger is easier than forgiveness. "