Quotes by Ellen Hopkins

I wonder how long it would take him to realize Im right as sin - its the rest of the world thats wrong. Im not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?

...what good would it do toshutter your windows, neverdream of rainbows or find hopein promises? Why choose to walk awayrather than hold your groundand fight for love?

Am I more afraidOf taking a chance andlearning Im somebodyI dont know, or of risking new territory,only to find Im the sameold me? There is comfortin the tried and true.Breaking groundmight uncover a sinkhole,one impossible to climb outof. And setting sail inuncharted watersmight mean capsizing intoa sea monsters jaws.Easier to turn my back onthese thingsthan to try tjem and fail.And yet, a whisper insistsI need to know if they are orarent integral to me.Status quo is a swamp.And stagnation is slow death.

Love is more than blind. Its brain-dead.

Anger is easier than forgiveness.

I nod, because I do understand. Im just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil Ive already accepted.

In my limited realm of experience, beginnings led to endings.

Funny thing about the monster.The worse he treats you, the more you love him.

Hurt. Enough to want to make someone else hurt too.

Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?

I felt angry, frustrated.I felt I didnt belong, not in my,church, not in my home, not in my skin.

Anger is a valid emotion. Its only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you dont want to do.

Empty is the perfect state of being. Nothing inside to anchor you. Nothing inside to chain you down, keep you from living your dreams. Empty, almost weightless, you are an eyelash afloat on a blink of breeze. You can rise about tension and worry, loosed from the grip of gravity. Adrift in thermal lift, you ride the wing of freedom and soar. Empty, you are Eve in Eden. Empty, you are what you were meant to be.

Now that I have opened that bottle of memories theyre pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.

Honesty. Sobriety. My virginity. No way to regain the first two, I almost gave away the last.

Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit.

The problems with lies is they start to pile up, one on top of another, until its hard to find your way out from under the heap.

I blamed the Bible,when its words were not at fault,only the way they’re interpretedby those too willingto wield them like chain saws,cutting others off at the knees.

I don’t know449that much about the Bible, other than it waswritten thousands of years ago, which dilutesits relevance. However, I know its faithfulfollowers tend to cherry-pick verses to suittheir needs, the same way they cherry-pickwords or scenes from other books to labelobscene.

I keep hearing that love isnt a logical emotion. Should I worry about that?