Amy

“It occurs to me that Jude does this too, changes who she is depending on who she’s with. They’re like toads changing their skin color. How come I’m always just me?”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“We exhale together, then inhale together, exhale, inhale, in and out, out and in, until not even the trees remember what happened in the woods yesterday, until Mom’s and Dad’s voices turn from mad to music, until we’re not only one age, but one complete and whole person.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“In one split second I saw everything I could be, everything I want to be. And all that I’m not.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“I think you can sort of slip out of your life and it can be hard to find a way back in.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun