Ellen Hopkins Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• Being In Love Means hard questions. Will I? Won't I? Should I? Could I? Yes? No? You? Me? There is no me without you. Is there a you without me? And if were truly one. how will I breathe when circomstance pries us apart? You are my oxygen. my substance, the blood inside my veins. When we touch, you are my skin. hold all my joy inside of you. When you go, I wither.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Mean, Being In Love, Oxygen

• School used to be an escape. Now it's just another place with too much pressure, too much confrontation, & so not enough joy.

  Ellen Hopkins

  School, Joy, Too Much

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Identical”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

• HAPPY EVER AFTER is a concept I'll never believe in. I would be content to sample some little taste of happiness today, tonight, right now. Though I know without a doubt that tomorrow will come saturated with pain. Life is like that. At least my life. And honestly, I cant think of anyone whose life is any different. The price tag for joy is misery. [...]

  Ellen Hopkins

  Pain, Believe, Thinking

• Don't bother Me with promises. Vows are cheaply manufactured, come with no guarantees. Don't bother to say you love me. The word is indefinable. Joy to some, heartbreak to others, depending on circumstance. There is evidence that the emotion can make a person live longer, evidence it can kill you early. I think it's akin to a deadly disease. Or at least some exotic fever. Catch it, and you'd better, quick, swallow some medication to use as a weapon against the fire ravaging body and soul.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Thinking, Fire, Joy

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