Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"What I don't like is what it sometimes takes to win. Backstabbing. Manipulation. Out-and-out bribery once in a while, and not always the monetary kind."
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"What I don't like is what it sometimes takes to win. Backstabbing. Manipulation. Out-and-out bribery once in a while, and not always the monetary kind."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"When did creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person who lives inside your skin?"
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"I'm afraid it will never be perfect again. I am indelibly stained. Forever redefined, but blurred around the edges."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"For a long while. Finally she says, I don't believe in love. Not sure it really exists, but even if it does for some people, it won't for me. She is serious. Then she lightens up. But, hey, if you think you love me, cool."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"I keep hearing that love isn't a logical emotion. Should I worry about that?"
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"...what good would it do toshutter your windows, neverdream of rainbows or find hopein promises? Why choose to walk awayrather than hold your groundand fight for love?"
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"Am I more afraid Of taking a chance andlearning I'm somebody I don't know, or of risking new territory,only to find I'm the sameold me? There is comfortin the tried and true. Breaking groundmight uncover a sinkhole,one impossible to climb outof. And setting sail inuncharted watersmight mean capsizing intoa sea monster's jaws. Easier to turn my back onthese thingsthan to try tjem and fail. And yet, a whisper insists I need to know if they are oraren't integral to me. Status quo is a swamp. And stagnation is slow death."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"Back turned, you don't have to look at what you've left behind. And the person who first turned their back on you can't watch you break down and cry. Never allow an enemy to see weakness in you."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"Tying the know means slipping a noose around love and choking it to death."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"What we strive for, ultimately, is love. You won't find real love because you're beautiful on the outside. It is drawn to inner beauty. Spend your energy crafting that, and you will know true love."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"Perfection is a ridiculous goal because there is no such thing. Real beauty is what you are inside."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"Nobody seems to care that with every push to live up to their expectations, my own dreams vaporize."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
"HOW do you define a word without concrete meaning? To each his own, the saying goes, so WHYpush to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree is WHERE you want to be? Faultless. Finished. Incomparable. People can never be these, and anyway,WHENdid creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person WHOlives inside your skin? The outside belongs to others. Only you should decide for you -WHATis perfect."
Ellen Hopkins, Perfect
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