Because to tell you the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape
Ellen HopkinsForever made that kiss stand out in my mind, touch my heart, make me remember a kiss so tender.
Ellen HopkinsCrank, You See isn't any ordinary monster. It's like a giant octopus, weaving its tentacles not just around you, but through you, squeezing not hard enough to kill you, but enough to keep you from reeling until you try to get away. Try, and you hunger for it grasping clutch, the way its tendrils prop you up, your need intensifying exponentially every minute you refuse to admit its being (p.469)
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