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Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Geek
Witty
Finds
Incredible
Smile
Something

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In control. Out of control. Sometimes they're the same thing. The trick is knowing that, realizing it's okay to feel out of control once in a while, as long as you're sure you can regain the upper hand when you absolutely need to.
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When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.
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I know I can't stay here forever
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Falling in love with someone is the surest highway to hurt that I know. When the door to love opens, the window to control closes.
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So when he asked about getting high, I didn't think, I agreed. We smoked some good California green. Took three tries to put me in the place he said I should be.
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I'm a total wreck. Afraid to let anyone near. Afraid they'll see the real me.
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I'll Stay ...leave ...me. ...I'll ...follow ...you.
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God wasn't love, couldn't be love. Because for me, love was a corpse.
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I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.
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I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.
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I am different. And I don't understand exactly how. And I don't understand just why.
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But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.
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Something stirred beneath my skin, some being inside I'd only suspected existed, demon or angel, I couldn't say.
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Red and raw like my heart, pried from your's, the two beating, no longer together, but a thousand miles between them when only yesterday they thumped in unison.
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Imperfections create character.
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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)
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He's solid. You're fractured. He's hopeful. You're hopeless. He's always there. You're half there. He's faithful. You're so not. He's giving. You're afraid to give. He's honest. You lie all the time. He's loving. You don't know how to love.
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Alone everything changes. Some might call it distorted reality but it's exactly the place I need to be.
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As the old saying goes, sometimes loving someone means letting them go.
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Death Is only the easy way out if you are the one who dies.
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