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Grown up? Me? I suppose I have. Killing things, and almost killing myself, must have changed me some, after all.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Must
Things
Grown
Suppose
Killing
Changed
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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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