706 Quotes by Ellen Hopkins

I hate this feeling. Like I’m here, but I’m not. Like someone cares. But they don’t. Like I belong somewhere else, anywhere but here, and escape lies just past that snowy window, cool and crisp as the February air. I considered the streets beyond, bleak as the bleached bones of wilderness scaffolding my heart. Just a stone’s throw away.

White nationalism? Definitely not her cup of hate. But it is yours.

Violence is never right. But a man has a duty to keep his wife in check.

How odd, to suddenly glimpse a facet of me I didn’t know existed. I guess it really isn’t all that unusual to surprise oneself with an ugly bit of ego.

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.

Evil is not intrinsic. It’s fashioned.

God is love,” she said. “And he respects love, whether it’s between a parents, and child, a man and woman, or friends. I don’t think he cares about religion one little bit. Live your life right. Love with all your heart. Don’t hurt others, and help those in need. That is all you need to know. And don’t worry about heaven. If it exists, you’ll be welcome.

The truth is, I don’t have a real clue what love is – how to find it, how to give it. Once upon a time I thought I knew.

I want to know living love. And I don’t want to wait for it.