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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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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Memories
Moments
Bittersweet
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Crimson
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Bottles
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Every high has an equal, measurable low.
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But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.
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But more importantly, you are a gift, to all who know you, whether or not they realize it. If they don't, they are blind. You have a special place in this world. All you hvae to do is find it.
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My priest tells me i should not date a mormon but im just too in love with you that i'm willing to take risks
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I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted.
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But, though I was very much in lust with him, I knew from the start we were nothing like forever. Maybe because forever is such a scary place.
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THE BAD THING ABOUT FEAR Is it requires a reaction. Some hide. Some cry. But, like a dog condemned to a walled yard with no hope of escape or affection, some learn to bite.
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One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.
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Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home?
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Puzzle pieces don't always connect do they?
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Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout
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When all else fails, dream bigger.
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Cleansed, chlorinated to the point of chemical peel, sore muscles relieved, I felt almost human again. Tiptoe to my room, up a darkened hall, past closed doors, I wondered if I'd ever feel completely human again.
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I'd like to cry now. Don't know how.
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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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Why are people so afraid of giving their kids necessary information that might prevent an unwanted pregnancy or disease? But they're not worried about the violent nature of video games or movies or books.
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There will never be color blindness in a culture of fear.
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Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love, corrupted.
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So when he asked about getting high, I didn't think, I agreed. We smoked some good California green. Took three tries to put me in the place he said I should be.
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God i've missed you. I can't wait to give you your present. He kisses me hotter this time, and beneath me, through his denim and mine. I can feel the promise of his Christmas gift soon to come.
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