When You Werenโt Looking The child became a woman, though she wasnโt ready to. Donโt ask how or why. Those questions are not important ones. Canโt you see you didnโt care enough to notice?
Ellen HopkinsNow that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.
Ellen HopkinsThey think old people are lame. But they're not. They're awesome, & I know exactly why I think so. It's because they've lived entire lifetimes. Loved. Laughed. Surrendered. Stumbled. Weathered, beaten, still they don't crumble, not even as they inch toward death.
Ellen HopkinsHave you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didnโt dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open? Have you ever been so angry that you couldnโt look in the mirror for fear of finding the face of evil glaring back at you?
Ellen Hopkins