From Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Loses Control
“We were on our way to Dad’s house and Mom was driving with both hands clamped tightly around the wheel as if she had me by the neck.”
“At school they say I’m wired bad, or wired mad, or wired sad, or wired glad, depending on my mood and what teacher has ended up with me.”
From Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
First Sentence of a New World 