I carry a strong anti-drug message, and it's important young people especially hear a "real" story about addiction and how it affects not only the addict but also the people who love him/her, rather than "just say no."
Ellen HopkinsYou canโt walk away from someone you love, leave them drowning in your desertion. If love has no more meaning than that, you can keep it. I donโt want it now or ever again. Donโt want to hear the word or wear its scars.
Ellen HopkinsHappiness, 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.
Ellen Hopkins