I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up?
– Ellen Hopkins
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- Perfection is a ridiculous goal because there is no such thing. Real beauty is what you are inside. – Ellen Hopkins
- Yes, it takes two to dance. But somebody has to lead. – Ellen Hopkins
- The Screamingflashed me back to a timewhen mom and dad were still togetherif you could call miles apart together. – Ellen Hopkins
- Sometimes,you don’t wake up.But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same. – Ellen Hopkins
- Aloneeverything changes.Some might call it distorted realitybut it’s exactly the place I need to be. – Ellen Hopkins
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- She’s no longer afraid to die. What she’s afraid of is living, accepting the status quo. – Ellen Hopkins
- Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless. – Ellen Hopkins
- So you try to think of someone else you’re mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone. – Ellen Hopkins
- Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing. – Ellen Hopkins
- Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn’t dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open – Ellen Hopkins
- I nod, because I do understand. I’m just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I’ve already accepted. – Ellen Hopkins
- Does wanting to die equal losing your mind? – Ellen Hopkins
- I felt angry, frustrated.I felt I didn’t belong, not in my,church, not in my home, not in my skin. – Ellen Hopkins
- Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they’re pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet. – Ellen Hopkins
- Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit. – Ellen Hopkins
- The problems with lies is they start to pile up, one on top of another, until it’s hard to find your way out from under the heap. – Ellen Hopkins
- We kissed for aboutthe thousandth time,No promises,no demands,Just solid rebuildingof shattered trust. – Ellen Hopkins
- One kiss, I was totally hooked. – Ellen Hopkins
- Our kiss eclipses all others, real, imagine, dreamed of. It is the beginning of time, it is the end of the ages. – Ellen Hopkins
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- But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I’m not liablefor my actions. So screw it, I’ll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions – Ellen Hopkins
- It’s not easy to get close to anyone…. Everyone’s afraid of everybody else…. maybe because we’re all afraid of ourselves. – Ellen Hopkins
- I’m afraid it will never be perfect again. I am indelibly stained. Forever redefined, but blurred around the edges. – Ellen Hopkins