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I hate this feeling. Like I'm here, but I'm not. Like someone cares. But they don't. Like I belong somewhere else, anywhere but here, and escape lies just past that snowy window, cool and crisp as the February air.

I hate this feeling. Like I'm here, but I'm not. Like someone cares. But they don't. Like I belong somewhere else, anywhere but here, and escape lies just past that snowy window, cool and crisp as the February air.

Ellen Hopkins
Lying, Hate, Past
Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Impulse”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

Whatever has happened in someone's past, the future is theirs to shape. The first step is to find a way out.

Ellen Hopkins
Past, Shapes, Way

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.

Ellen Hopkins
Past, Doors, Rooms
Ellen Hopkins (2012). “Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

I can't change what has happened in the past, Kaeleigh. I can only promise to make the future better.

Ellen Hopkins
Past, Promise, Can't Change

Memory is a tenuous thing. . . . flickering glimpses, blue and white, like ancient, decomposing 16mm film. Happiness escapes me there, where faces are vague and yesterday seems to come tied up in ribbons of pain. Happiness? I look for it intead in today, where memory is something I can still touch, still rely on. I find it in the smiles of new friends, the hope blossoming inside. My happiest memories have no place in the past; they are those I have yet to create.

Ellen Hopkins
Memories, Pain, Past

My happiest memories have no place in the past; they are those I have yet to create.

Ellen Hopkins
Memories, Past

Forgiveness isn’t my best thing. Easier staying pissed. But I’m tired of being pissed all the time. Tired of feeling hurt by stuff that can never be fixed because it is an indelible part of the past.

Ellen Hopkins
Hurt, Tired, Past
Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Fallout”, p.537, Simon and Schuster

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