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
daddy made fine
And almost instantly, Daddy made everything seem just fine. Even when it wasn't.
thinking waiting mind
Losing It Some days I think I'm losing my mind. What seems so clear most of the time becomes a big question mark. Am I really the way I percieve myself, or is the person others see the truth of me? I wait for answers, but inside I know I have to go out and find them. And answers like knowledge, are not always where we first look for them.
mom mean loss
I haven't cried since Mom died. I mean, after something like that, what's left to cry about, right? But I let myself cry now. Loss is loss. Doesn't take death to create it. (266)
believe commitment hands
Six months since we met up again we are inseparable, an intricate weave. No longer do I believe this is a temporary fling. More like total commitment. More like I have walked down the aisle, holding hands with the monster.
struggle mirrors evil
Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didn’t dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open? Have you ever been so angry that you couldn’t look in the mirror for fear of finding the face of evil glaring back at you?
forever live-in-the-moment moments
Forever has no meaning when you're living in the moment. I wasn't ready for that moment to end.
crush dream giving-up
You are a gift to all who know you, whether or not they realize it. If they don't, they are blind. You have a special place in this world. All you have to do is find it. Do not give up on yourself, or the truths you have realized. Do not give in to those who could crush your dreams like nutshells. And never turn away from forever love.
real good-luck lucky
Real love finds you once, if you're lucky.
mean dying seems
Because to tell you the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape
monsters
life before the monster
feel-good feels hard
It's just so hard to feel good, you know?" I do know. And more than that, it's just so incredibly hard to feel. (54)
crazy glasses rocks
Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones. It seems to Kristina you gotta be crazy to open your windows, invite the demons in. Bree throws rocks at the feeble glass, laughs
risk favors sides
Is it wrong to leave relative security in favor of unknown risk at the side of someone you love?
blood flow blood-flow
When i'm with you my blood flows smoothly through