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Ellen Hopkins is an American novelist known for her poetry-in-prose novels. Her works often tackle issues affecting teenagers, such as drug abuse, domestic violence, and self-harm. Hopkins' writing style is distinctive, appreciated for its direct and candid narrative.

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“Love is only found in books”

Book Found Love Is

Author:Ellen Hopkins

“I don't love him, & he definitely doesn't love me. Still, he semi-fills a gaping black hole inside me. That place wants love, maybe even needs love, but love is something I"m pretty sure doesn't exist.”

Want Needs Stills Black Love Is Holes Black Hole Need Love

Author:Ellen Hopkins

“I'm in love. And I like how that feels. And I hate how that feels. Because love is an invention of fiction writers.”

Feels Hate Love Is Fiction I Hate Invention Fiction Writers

Author:Ellen Hopkins

“I want to know what it means to be in love. But in my dictionary 'in love' is indefinable.”

Knows Want Mean Love Is Dictionary Indefinable

Book:Identical

Source: Identical

“Love is like that. I could crush her beneath the weight of confession.”

Love Is Weight Crush Confession Love Is Like

Author:Ellen Hopkins

“Clear. Cold. Empty. Like how I feel right now. Love is strange. One minute you’re jungle fever. The next you’re Artic winter.”

Feels Next Love Is Clear Minutes Strange Cold Right Now Empty Winter Jungle Fever Feels Right One Minute

Book:Fallout

Source: Fallout

“But hey, I'm not exactly sold on the idea that love is, in fact, real. Will it find me one day, overtake me, infiltrate my life like sunlight snakes through the cold of morning? Can love thaw me? will it ever?”

Ideas Real Facts Love Is Morning Cold One Day Hey Sunlight Snakes Find Me

Author:Ellen Hopkins

“Love is more than blind. It’s brain-dead.”

Love Is Brain Blind Brain Dead

Book:Tricks

Source: Tricks

“Love is Chocolate The unprocessed kind. Dark. Bitter. But always with the promise of sweet perfection. All it takes is sugar- that certain someone's kiss, flavored with possibility. If Dani has taught me anything, it's that life is brimming with possibilities. Every single day brings choices.”

Ifs Kind Life Is Certain Choices Dark Love Is Possibility Taught Sweet Promise Kissing Perfection Bitter Chocolate Sugar

Book:Perfect

Source: Perfect

“Love Is a curious thing. Sometimes it barrels into you, leaves you breathless. Other times, it comes in- to your life, a tentative beam of morning sun sneaking through the blinds, and you think this light isn't possible. The shutters are drawn. Night should linger on. I don't feel like waking. Yet the room comes slowly lit. Sleep slithers away, and at last you can no longer deny the dawning.”

Thinking Feels Should Sometimes Light Lasts Night Sleep Love Is Rooms Morning Sun Deny Curious Waking Lit Beam Barrels Breathless Shutters Morning Sun

Book:Perfect

Source: Perfect

“Love is for children and dimwads.”

Children Love Is

Book:Impulse

Source: Impulse

“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.”

Giving Real Love Is Truth Is Clue Once Upon A Time

Author:Ellen Hopkins

“The problem with falling in love is falling back out of it again, usually because you've fallen in love with a lie. That happens as often as not.”

Problem Happens Lying Fall Love Is Falling In Love Fallen

Book:Tilt

Source: Tilt

“This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize love isn't about sex. It's about connection.”

Feels Heart Sex Realizing Love Is Sweet My Heart Kissing Connections Stomach Pits Sweet Love

Book:Impulse

Source: Impulse

About the Author

Born: March 26, 1955
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 378

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