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81 " Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Crank (Crank, #1)
82 " In control. Out of control. Sometimes they're the same thing. The trick is knowing 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. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Identical
83 " Some peopleAre worthy of a bullet straightto the heart because that is wherecruelty evolves into evil.Somehumans aren't human at all,despite how they appear.Humanity is what lives insidepeople,harbored beneath skin, flesh,and bone. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Smoke (Burned, #2)
84 " But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I'm not liablefor my actions. So screw it, I'll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions "
― Ellen Hopkins , Impulse (Impulse, #1)
85 " I've been alone since my mom met Scott.He sucked the nectar from her heartlike a famished butterfly. No nurture,no nourishment left for Kristina.A vacation is a poor substitutefor love. "
― Ellen Hopkins
86 " It's not easy to get close to anyone.... Everyone's afraid of everybody else.... maybe because we're all afraid of ourselves. "
87 " I think it’s easyto confuse love with other things.Lust, for one. Need, for another "
― Ellen Hopkins , Rumble
88 " I'm afraid it will never be perfect again. I am indelibly stained. Forever redefined, but blurred around the edges. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Perfect (Impulse, #2)
89 " When did creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person who lives inside your skin? "
90 " Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear. "
91 " A chatWith the Grim Reapershould be enough to scareaway any thought of relapse.Wish it were that easy,but not even days conversingwith death can disintegratethe claws of addiction. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Traffick (Tricks, #2)
92 " It's probably weird to think about an addiction like it's a sentient being, but that's how it feels. Like it's something living inside you. Something you can't get rid of because killing it means killing you. I can't really understand addictions to drugs or alcohol. Things that control you. But an eating disorder is an addiction you control. Wait, is that paradoxical? I prefer to believe not. "
93 " I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up? "
94 " Life was radical right after I met the monster.Later, life became harder, complicated.Ultimately, a living hell, like swimming against a riptide,Walking the wrong direction in the fast lane of the freeway, Waking from sweetest dreams to find yourself in the middle of a nightmare. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Glass (Crank, #2)
95 " It's probably weird to think about an addiction like it's a sentient being, but that's how it feels. Like it's something living inside you. Something you can't get rid of because killing it means killing you. "
96 " I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help. I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary. "
― Ellen Hopkins , Burned (Burned, #1)
97 " And the scary thing is, I’m on a fast track to that same aviary. Unless I find my wings. "
98 " Have you everhad so much to saythat your mouth closed up tightstruggling to harnessthe nuclear forcecoalescing within your words?Have you everhad so many thoughtschurning inside you that you didn’tdare let them escapein case they blew you wide open?Have you everbeen so angry that youcouldn’t look in the mirrorfor fear of finding the face of evilglaring back at you? "
99 " Funny thing about the monster. The worse he treats you, the more you love him. "
100 " GhostsTake shape under moonlight,materialize in dreams.Shadows. Silhouettesof what is no more. Butghosts don'tbother me. The day bringsbigger things to worry aboutthan flimsy remains ofyesterday. No, spooks don'tscare me.Gauzy apparitions mightprank your psyche oragitate your nightmares,but lackingflesh and bloodthey are powerlessto hurt you-cannot hopeto inflict the kind of damagethat real, livepeople do. "