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I feel like a goddess, jailed in her Olympus. Little wonder how the gods toyed with humans. Toyed with women, to watch them squirm, pollinate the seeds of despair toyed with men, to satiate their Seven Deadly Sins.

Ellen Hopkins

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
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Long Beach
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Ellen Louise Hopkins
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