706 Quotes by Ellen Hopkins

Two huge questions keep dangling in front of you, like proverbial carrots in front of the donkey. One: Do you want love? And two: Are you able to give it? Either you’re terrified of the emotion or you’re a sociopath.

Think long and hard before offering your heart to someone who can only accept it part-time.

Always before, I just said no, left it solidly there. I waver now. I want to share everything with him. Want to know what he knows, feel what he feels, share the same space he’s in.

But death doesn’t scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.

I’m right as sin – it’s the rest of the world that’s wrong.

Who do they become when night descends, a cool puff of smoke, and vampires come out to party?

Don’t make me laugh, I’d much rather cry.

I think God cares more about how you treat others than who you sleep with.

I whisper and you close your eyes. I speak and you turn away. If I scream, will you finally hear me beg you to hold me close to you, promise you’ll never let go?