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When you've only got one little shimmer of sunshine, you capture it best you can.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Capture
Sunshine
Littles
Best
Little
Shimmer

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he sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly.
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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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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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Just keep on shining that light. The rest will take care of itself.
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