Ellen Hopkins - Crank (2004)

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When you love someone, you don't want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you love someone, you want to hurt them, even when they don't deserve to be hurt.

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Have you ever once in your life reached out to touch infinity?

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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.

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Even good girls have secrets, ones even their best friends must guess.

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Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didn't dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open? Have you ever been so angry that you couldn't look in the mirror for fear of finding the face of evil glaring back at you?

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He sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly.

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Cleansed, chlorinated to the point of chemical peel, sore muscles relieved, I felt almost human again. Tiptoe to my room, up a darkened hall, past closed doors, I wondered if I'd ever feel completely human again.

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How can I explain purposely setting foot on a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the fun in the fall?

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Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do.

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The problem with resolutions is they're only as solid as the person making them.

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