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And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future-you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get nice house.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
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Ellen Louise Hopkins
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When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.
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I mean, if you're gonna purposely lose your mind, you want to get it back some day. Don't you? Okay, maybe not.
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Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout
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I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?
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I wish I were worthy of his love. (Any love.)I should tell him to run. But I can't. I need him.
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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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Memory is a tenuous thing, like a rainbow's end or a camera with a failing lens.
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I'll Stay ...leave ...me. ...I'll ...follow ...you.
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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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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 else fails, dream bigger.
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Funny how when your life is mostly bullshit, you turn off feeling. Sometimes it's hard to turn it back on again.
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Love is Chocolate The unprocessed kind. Dark. Bitter. But always with the promise of sweet perfection. All it takes is sugar- that certain someone's kiss, flavored with possibility. If Dani has taught me anything, it's that life is brimming with possibilities. Every single day brings choices.
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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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Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.
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Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write the story you need to tell and the rewards will come.
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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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They think old people are lame. But they're not. They're awesome, & I know exactly why I think so. It's because they've lived entire lifetimes. Loved. Laughed. Surrendered. Stumbled. Weathered, beaten, still they don't crumble, not even as they inch toward death.
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As the old saying goes, sometimes loving someone means letting them go.
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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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