Rumble Ellen Hopkins Quotes

But who ever said the easiest path is the one you should choose?

I think it’s easy to confuse love with other things. Lust, for one. Need, for another

Not sure there's been a single day of my life when everything was totally fine. And now? The best I can say is once in a while I'm not somersaulting in chaos.

Eventually, it becomes a matter of scale. When the good outweighs the bad, you stay. When the bad is the only thing you notice anymore, you think about your future, or what’s left of it, consider options.

Love is a fragile thing, easily destroyed by dishonesty.

I blamed the Bible, when its words were not at fault, only the way they’re interpreted by those too willing to wield them like chain saws, cutting others off at the knees.

Denial is a powerful thing. It makes you believe lies.

Mistakes are easy to come by. Why make the same one twice?

Her halo was never gold, or it couldn't have rusted so completely.

Because if there's one thing I've learned through all this, it's to have faith in love.

Why does time erode relationships? Is there a way to avoid its relentless lapping? Is any love strong enough to withstand the chipping away?

You know how they say revenge is best served up cold? I'd say it's best not served up at all. Revenge is a great motivator, but it doesn't help achieve the desired results. I've seen guys lose buddies, then go off half-cocked, piss fuel running through their veins. Things never turned out well.

Some say death is a doorway, belief the key. Others claim you only have to stumble across the threshold to glimpse a hundred billion universes in the blink of single silver shard.

I’m holding Eden in my hands, and it makes me glad there is no God to take this garden away from me.

Humans aren't inherently good- a ludicrous proposition. Instinctively, people are barbarians. Cannibals, even. They eat each other alive, get off on torture, inflicting pain. This is not the image of the Gospel God. If God is love, and God is infinite, love would by definition be infinite. But love, for most, is a means to an end, and even in its purest form, it is fleeting. Not infinite.

Forgive myself for what, exactly, you bastard internal voice?

I don’t know 449 that much about the Bible, other than it was written thousands of years ago, which dilutes its relevance. However, I know its faithful followers tend to cherry-pick verses to suit their needs, the same way they cherry-pick words or scenes from other books to label obscene.

On the way back, I grab a blanket from the stash above the dryer, cover Mom to warm her dreams. Turn off the TV.

No, mass destruction has nothing to do with God. It's all about human lust for sex, for wealth, for power. Easier to lay culpability at the feet of some conjured being than admit such gluttony.

How do you find sympathy for someone who has never once offered it to you, especially when that someone happens to be your parent, a person whose arms should always be open wide?

For the minuscule timeframe Mom and Dad inhabited the same room, rather than two people there, it felt like there were none, as if each negated the others presence.

Apparently, God's into banning books. Plenty of sex in the Bible. Would he ban that, too?

Goddamn government can pay for bombs and tanks and drones, but can't find enough money to fix their triggermen.

God is an invention of mankind, an excuse to exist, and to thrive, in a subhuman state.

Not his fault, not at all. Goddamn government can pay for bombs and tanks and drones, but can’t find enough money to fix their triggermen.

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Only Marshall didn’t blink an eye, mostly because, big confession, his favorite uncle is gay: Big effing deal. Why should I care if Uncle Ken is in love with a dude? It’s not like he gives me all the filthy details. And man, can that Taylor cook! Tell Luke to be sure and find someone who knows how to make homemade pizza. See, that is why I love Marshall.

and before I can turn to face her, I know it’s Alexa. We’ve laughed together before.