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Imperfections create character.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Imperfections
Imperfection
Create
Character

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Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones.
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When all else fails, dream bigger.
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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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Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love, corrupted.
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Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.
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Only by confronting your demons can you ever hope to conquer them.
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Happiness is a bull's-eye, awaiting arrows of pain.
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When you've only got one little shimmer of sunshine, you capture it best you can.
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Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up so tight, struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? -346
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Real love shouldn't be disposable.
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Even without them touching me, I feel dirty about what I do. Alex does even filthier things but says it all washes off with soap. I don’t believe that. I think it all leaves stains. Indelible stains.
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Yesterday influences today, thus creates tomorrow.
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He has built a pedestal for her so tall that she is afraid to be lifted atop it, because to fall would mean certain death. But oh, she would rise far, far beyond fear and be held by arms so strong, and love so pure, that falling would not be an option.
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I don't love him, & he definitely doesn't love me. Still, he semi-fills a gaping black hole inside me. That place wants love, maybe even needs love, but love is something Im pretty sure doesn't exist.
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Forgiveness isn’t my best thing. Easier staying pissed. But I’m tired of being pissed all the time. Tired of feeling hurt by stuff that can never be fixed because it is an indelible part of the past.
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No way to get away. No way to get away. Little change to sneak away... insanity.
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