Ellen Hopkins, Impulse

"Life is all about change. If it were static, think about how boring it would be. You can't be afraid of it, and you can't worry that you'll mess things up."

"But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I'm not liablefor my actions. So screw it, I'll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions"

"Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet."

"Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?"

"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?"

"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."

"Sometimes,you don't wake up. But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same."

"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 Trevor I 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?"

"It is hard to believe that something that seems so permanent was once so different. Change. I guess that really is one thing you can count on..."

"I'd sleep outside naked in the blizzard,for you."