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“The worst liars are the ones everyone thinks would never ever tell a lie.”
― Ellen Hopkins

“Tears impress no one. But, oh yeah, there's no one here to impress. So I go ahead and let tears fall. Rain. Storm. Flood. My pillow soaks with the salt of regret, and I rest my head against it...”
― Ellen Hopkins

“I needed to see, needed to know, needed a whole lot more.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Crank

“I fell for a boy from the wrong side of the tracks.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Crank

“The portal to pain is caring too deeply about anyone.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Fallout

“The ones that rip my heart from my chest are the little ones. The children, with tangled hair and dirty clothes, covering their own ugly secrets. And all they ask of me is shelter, food to warm their hollowness, a bed free of nightmares.

They look at me, and through me. And it's hard to tell who's more haunted-- them or me.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Collateral

“Alone
everything changes.
Some might call it distorted reality
but it's exactly the place I need to be.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Crank

“I want him to be my Edward -- taking care of me, always. Watching over me, day or night, unsleeping. Keeping me safe, by his side. Caring for me with a passion so pure it can't be corrupted by time or distance or seduction. I know Edward is only fiction. But that doesn't have to mean love like his can only be found in books and movies or rooted in the misty world of dreams.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Tilt

“Don't you know? We're connected

by an invisible chain. It's very long, very
light. But also very strong. It can't rust.

Can't break. And the only thing that can sever it is if you ever stop loving me.”
― Ellen Hopkins

“Only you should decide for you what is perfect.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Perfect

“Look, being committed doesn't make you dead, but all those months alone can make you feel that way sometimes. You never signed on for that. Embrace the moments that let you know you're alive.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Collateral

“back turned, you don't have to look at what you've left behind. And the first person who turned their back on you can't watch you break down and cry.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Perfect

“Love can complete you. It can also destroy you.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Collateral

“Think long and hard before offering your heart to someone who can only accept it part-time”
― Ellen Hopkins, Collateral

“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.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Perfect

“Do not give up on yourself, on the truths you have realized. Do not give in to those who would crush your dreams like nutshells. And never turn away from forever love.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Burned

“Commitment means losing yourself to gain something temporary. Nothing lasts. Not looks. Not love. I'm living large and living for today because there might not be a tomorrow.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Perfect

“When you love someone, you don't want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you love someone, you want to hurt them, even when they don't deserve to be hurt.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Glass

“Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear...forever.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Impulse

“Have you ever once in your life reached out to touch infinity?”
― Ellen Hopkins

“Wish you could turn off the questions, turn off the voices, turn off all sound.
Yearn to close out the ugliness, close out the filthiness, close out all light.
Long to cast away yesterday, cast away memory, cast away all jeapordy.
Pray you could somehow stop uncertainty, somehow stop the loathing, somehow stop the pain.
Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Impulse

“Funny how when your life is mostly bullshit, you turn off feeling.
Sometimes it's hard to turn it back on again.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Identical

“I want the part of you that you refuse to give.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Identical

“Eyes Tell Stories
But do they know how
to craft fiction? Do
they know how to spin
lies?
His eyes swear forever,
flatter with vows of only
me. But are they empty
promises?
I stare into his eyes, as
into a crystal ball, but
I cannot find forever,
only
movies of yesterday,
a sketchbook of today,
dreams of a shared
tomorrow.
His eyes whisper secrets.
But are they truths or fairy tales?
I wonder if even he
knows.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Tricks

“I still care for you, you know..

That phrase again. Everyone cares for me. They just don't know how to love me.”
― Ellen Hopkins