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When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.

Ellen Hopkins

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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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Game
Choices
Taken
Games
Life
Survival
Choice

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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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he sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly.
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I want to open myself, let him inside. But how do I give what has already been taken?
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I'll Stay ...leave ...me. ...I'll ...follow ...you.
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Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless.
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