“Accept what you can’t change, and change what you can. It’s easier than you think.”

“I’m talking to you in bed at one in the morning. How mad can I be?”I picture him there, in what, flannel pajamas? Underwear? Nothing at all?”

“I can’t believe he’s making you wait till January for an appointment.”“I could threaten to bomb the school. That’d get me in quicker.”

“Psychosis can happen out of the blue, to anyone, and no one knows why. Not even the best doctors on the planet.And that’s why Mom is always so afraid. If we don’t know what made me sick in the first place, how can anyone guarantee I won’t flip out again?”

“Can Aa-a-ana-liese come out and play?”

“3. The séance was for real and everyone knows it. But they won’t discuss it becauseA. they don’t trust me,B. they don’t like me, orC. they’re playing it down because they’re plotting to get me alone after school, duct tape my mouth, and throw me over the fence so Annaliese can rip out my throat with her ghostly teeth. Okay. Now that’s paranoid.”

“This is exactly who I was meant to be.”