Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Louise Hopkinsis a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth26 March 1955
CityLong Beach, CA
CountryUnited States of America
dream mean chance
Taking no chances means wasting your dreams..
giving want refuse
I want the part of you that you refuse to give.
real sleep night
you fly until you crash two days two nights no sleep, no food, come down off the monster YOU CRASH REAL HARD
sex believe book
In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them. As adults we want to believe things like sex abuse or drug use are not happening anymore, or happening less and less, but that's not the case and we need to acknowledge that. We can't make life prettier for youth, but we can arm them.
girl believe moving
Girls get screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of things. The way things work, how guys feel great, but make girls feel cheap for doing exactly what they beg for. The way they get to play you, all the while claiming they love you and making you believe it's true. The way it's okay to gift their heart one day, a backhand the next, to move on to the apricot when the peach blushes and bruises. These things make me believe God's a man after all.
beautiful mom morning
In fact, since the accident, Mom doesn't love anyone. She is marble. Beautiful. Frigid. Easily stained by her family. What's left of us anyway. We are corpses. At first, we sought rebirth. But resurrection devoid of her love has made us zombies. We get up every morning, skip breakfast, hurry off to work or school. For in those other places, we are more at home. And sometimes we stagger beneath the weight of grief, the immensity of aloneness.
anger want emotion
Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do.
strong real addiction
I carry a strong anti-drug message, and it's important young people especially hear a "real" story about addiction and how it affects not only the addict but also the people who love him/her, rather than "just say no."
reflection perfect soul
Or might the soul clone itself, create a perfect imitation of something yet to be defined? In this way, can a reflection be altered?
real lying book
Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.
sweet sex heart
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.
information example blame
Learning by example is valid, but when you have the information to know that turning in a certain direction can lead you to a very wrong place, most of the "blame" is on the individual.
conquer demon confronting
Only by confronting your demons can you ever hope to conquer them.
pain believe needs
I don't need more pain in my life. Why did I invite it in? Do I have to feel pain to believe I feel anything at all?