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.

— Ellen Hopkins

Funny thing about the monster. The worse he treats you, the more you love him.

— Ellen Hopkins

Ghosts Take shape under moonlight, materialize in dreams. Shadows. Silhouettes of what is no more. But ghosts don'tbother me. The day brings bigger things to worry about than flimsy remains of yesterday. No, spooks don'tOscar me. Gauzy apparitions might prank your psyche or agitate your nightmares, but lacking flesh and blood they are powerless to hurt you-cannot hope to inflict the kind of damage that real, live people do.

— Ellen Hopkins

Girls get Screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of things. The way things work, how guys feel great, but make girls feel cheap for doing exactly what they beg for

— Ellen Hopkins

Girls get screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of things. The way things work, how guys feel great, but make girls feel cheap for doing exactly what they beg for. The way they get to play you, all the while claiming they love you and making you believe it's true. The way it's okay to gift their heart one day, a backhand the next, to move on to the apricot when the peach blushes and bruises. These things make me believe God's a man after all.

— Ellen Hopkins

God is love," she said. "And he respects love, whether it's between a parent, 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.

— Ellen Hopkins

God wasn't love, couldn't be love. Because for me, love was a corpse.

— Ellen Hopkins

Happiness, you see, it's 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

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

— Ellen Hopkins

Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn't dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open?

— Ellen Hopkins