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Don't make me laugh, I'd much rather cry.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
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Cry
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Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales. But there's no happily ever after. You'll only find happy endings in books. Some books.
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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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Have you ever once in your life reached out to touch infinity?
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I want to know what it means to be in love. But in my dictionary 'in love' is indefinable.
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The problem with resolutions is they're only as solid as the person making them.
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Would I drown saving him?
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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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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.
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When you've only got one little shimmer of sunshine, you capture it best you can.
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Not even Carol knows firsthand how it feels to be hurt in such a way by someone who's supposed to protect you
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A best friend is your voice when you can't find it.
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Whatever has happened in someone's past, the future is theirs to shape. The first step is to find a way out.
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Anger requires energy, something I don't dare waste on what cannot be altered.
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Everyone's afraid of everybody else...maybe because we're all afraid of ourselves.
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Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love, corrupted.
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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)
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Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.
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She's incredible, not that she's perfect. But you once said imperfections create character.
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How can I explain purposely setting foot on a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the fun in the fall?
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