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Ghosts don't scare me. Flesh and blood people do.
Ellen Hopkins
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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
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Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Ghosts
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A best friend is your voice when you can't find it.
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Maybe Life is random. No fate. No God. Just Time.
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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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When the door to love opens, The window to control closes.
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The universe is a big place. If I was lost up there, how would you ever find me
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The truth is, I've always been afraid of letting anyone get too close. I built a wall around me, a barricade to hide behind those few times someone wanted entry to my heart.
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the not-so-bookish librarian was half angel, half she-devil, so sayeth the rumor mill.
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Funny thing about the monster. The worse he treats you, the more you love him.
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It is hard to believe that something that seems so permanent was once so different. Change. I guess that really is one thing you can count on.
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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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Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.
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The wind kicks in stronger, branches clatter. Or maybe skeletons. Bones of abandonment. Ghosts that will never be.
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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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Sad, that lives can be shattered, into so many pieces that they can never be put back together, the the relentless force of love. Irreparable.
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You deserve good things, and I want to be one of them.
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I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.
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Anger requires energy, something I don't dare waste on what cannot be altered.
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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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You'll only find happy endings in books. Some books.
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