Quotes from Ellen Hopkins

Have you ever once in your life reached out to touch infinity?

I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for me: I had to tell the story for myself.

For short term relaxation, I take a hot tub. It's my best way to unblock writers' block, too. For a bit longer relaxation, I enjoy camping. Just being in the wilderness, with no phones or computers or anything I have to do really refreshes my spirit.

When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.

Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define who we become.

Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones.

And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future-you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get nice house.

Have to Find ...life ...is ...a— ...gamble ...after ...all.

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.

Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.

But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.

Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones. It seems to Kristina you gotta be crazy to open your windows, invite the demons in. Bree throws rocks at the feeble glass, laughs

Maybe Life is random. No fate. No God. Just Time.

Funny how when your life is mostly bullshit, you turn off feeling. Sometimes it's hard to turn it back on again.

Puzzle pieces don't always connect do they?

Bad choices or good, if you never take chances, someone else will build your life for you.

life before the monster

Might as Well Laugh ...remember ...when ...Life ...made ...sense

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

God is love. 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.

Forever has no meaning when you're living in the moment. I wasn't ready for that moment to end.

Taking no chances means wasting your dreams..

So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone.

Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales. But there's no happily ever after. You'll only find happy endings in books. Some books.