Ellen Hopkins Quotes

Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales. But there's no happily ever after. You'll only find happy endings in books. Some books.

Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless.

This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize love isn't about sex. It's about connection.

You were a summer gift, one I'll always treasure. You were a dream I never wanted to wake up from. You opened my eyes to things I'll never really see. You're the best thing that will ever happen to me.

Real love finds you once, if you're lucky.

I'd sleep outside naked in the blizzard,for you.

in a woman's womb.
another chance.
to make the world better.

Can a dream be wrong? Aren't dreams God's way of telling you things?

A breeze blows up, touching my cheek like a little child's kiss. It flutters a piece of paper. "Trash, out there? Must belong to one of us." We move closer, and when I reached for it, I find...... a perfect paper airplane.

God wasn't love, couldn't be love. Because for me, love was a corpse.

I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help.

I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary.

I feel dead inside anyway. Cara made me feel alive. Maybe that's why I can't let her go. I don't want to feel dead anymore. What I think is, I need a way to feel alive that doesn't require someone else to make it happen.

A word to the unwise.
Torch every book.
Char every page.
Burn every word to ash.
Ideas are incombustible.
And therein lies your real fear.

I felt so fine I didn't once overanalyze the perfect emotion, budding inside. The one I'd always feared most.

When You Weren't Looking

...why.
...Can't you
...care
...more
...about
...me.

Might as Well Laugh

...remember
...when
...Life
...made
...sense

Possibilities

...in the closet
...itching
...to break out
...but afraid of
...the fallout

Have to Find

...life
...is
...a -
...gamble
...after
...all.

Faces

...I
...don't
...know
...the real
...me

I'll Stay

...leave
...me.
...I'll
...follow
...you.