706 Quotes by Ellen Hopkins

Many readers share their stories with me and if one speaks to me (or if the same theme keeps coming at me), I will research it and decide if it would make a good book. But, straight down to it, people inspire me.

Hot flush, raging bluch. Ice flash, instant crash.

All I can do is lie here, brain turning somersaults. It's nights like these when memories stir, whipping themselves into stiff peaks of pain.

Her smile is like summer moonlight-beautiful and magical, with a fire that could melt the night.

...life is all about chances. You might be safer not taking any. But playing it totally safe means you're only existing. Not living. I want to live.

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.

I'm in love. And I like how that feels. And I hate how that feels. Because love is an invention of fiction writers.

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

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.