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Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write the story you need to tell and the rewards will come.
Ellen Hopkins
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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
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Ellen Louise Hopkins
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I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.
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you fly until you crash two days two nights no sleep, no food, come down off the monster YOU CRASH REAL HARD
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Eventually, it becomes a matter of scale. When the good outweighs the bad, you stay. When the bad is the only thing you notice anymore, you think about your future, or what's left of it, consider options.
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Yesterday influences today, thus creates tomorrow.
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Puzzle pieces don't always connect do they?
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