Quotes From "Burned" By Ellen Hopkins

Real love finds you once, if you're lucky. Ellen Hopkins

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

Did you ever, when you were little, endure your parents’ warnings, then wait for them to leave the room, pry loose protective covers and consider inserting some metal object into an electrical outlet? Did you wonder if for once you might light up the room? When you were big enough to cross the street on your own, did you ever wait for a signal, hear the frenzied approach of a fire truck and feel like stepping out in front of it? Did you wonder just how far that rocket ride might take you? When you were almost grown, did you ever sit in a bubble bath, perspiration pooling, notice a blow dryer plugged in within easy reach, and think about dropping it into the water? Did you wonder if the expected rush might somehow fail you? And now, do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home? . Ellen Hopkins

Here's a newsflash from the only High Preistess you have left at this dang school: Zoey isn't dead. And believe me, I know dead. I've been there, done that, and got the frickin' T-shirt." - Stevie Rae P.c. Cast

Check it out-this is a copy of a painting of a Greek High Priestess named Calliope. it says she was also the Poet Laureate after Sappho. Doesn't she look exactly like Cher?'Wow, that's insane. She does look just like young Cher, ' Erin said. Yeah, before she started wearing those white wigs. What the hell's up with that?' Shaunee said. Damien gave the Twins a look. 'There is nothing wrong with Cher. Absolutely. Nothing.'Uh-oh, ' Shaunee said. Stepped on a gay nerve, ' Erin agreed. P.c. Cast

Its more than a simple belief that there is good and that it should fight the evil in the world. It's a personification of Light and Darkness at their most elemental level, as forces that are so absorbed with themselves that one cannot exist without the other though they constantly try to consume one another. One of the earliest repersentations of Light and Darkness was of Light being a massive black bull and Darkness being an enormous white bull. P.c. Cast

I had never kissed a boy, had never even considered that I might enjoy such an unclean thing, until literature opened my eyes. Ellen Hopkins

Life isn't worth living if you're scared all the time. -Jordan Sara Shepard

Me? Beautiful? I'm plain as cardboard. That may be how you see yourself, but the rest of the world would be hard to agree. You shine brighter than the Milky Way.Now there are those who might try to take that from you, but you don't have to give it away. Keep on shining Pattyn.And when the right young man comes along, he'll love you all the more for giftin' this sad planet with your light. Ellen Hopkins

I see how he feels about his world and I want to be one of the parts he prizes. I want to be worth fighting for. Worth the same kind of effort he puts into the things that matter to him. Like Dani.”"I don’t tell her no human matters to the boss like Dani. Karen Marie Moning

Been dead, done that got a fricken t-shirt P.c. Cast

Eww, " Jack said, and then giggled. "Yeah, and a Paris Hilton doll that had an optional brain." Aphrodite raised her brow at him. "Don't go all crazy. There are some things even Paris Hilton can't buy. P.c. Cast

A double-edged sword One side destroys One releases I am your Gordian knot Will you release or destroy me? Follow truth and you shall: Find me on water Purify me through fire Trapped by earth nevermore Air will whisper to you What spirit already knows: That even shatteredanything is possible If you believe Then we shall both be free. P.c. Cast

In my limited realm of experience, beginnings led to endings. Ellen Hopkins

Hurt. Enough to want to make someone else hurt too. Ellen Hopkins

I felt angry, frustrated. I felt I didn't belong, not in my, church, not in my home, not in my skin. Ellen Hopkins

Honesty. Sobriety. My virginity. No way to regain the first two, I almost gave away the last. Ellen Hopkins

I felt so fine I didn't once overanalyze the perfect emotion, budding inside. The one I'd always feared most. Ellen Hopkins

Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home? Ellen Hopkins

I'm here because she's here, and she belongs to me. ~Rephaim P.c. Cast

I am not a bat. ~Rephaim P.c. Cast

Darius held Stark back from launching himself at Neferet, and Duantia spoke quickly into the rising tension. 'Neferet, I think we can all agree that there are many unanswered questions about the tragedy that occured on our island today. Stark, we also understand the passion and rage you feel at the loss of your Priestess. it is a hard blow for a Warrior to-' Duantia's wisdom was cut off by the sound of Aretha Franklin belting out the chorus from "Respect, " which was coming from the little Coach purse Aphrodite had slung over her shoulder. Oopsie, um, sorry 'bout that.' Aphrodite frantically unzipped her purse and dug for her i Phone. P.c. Cast

I knew from the start we were nothing like "forever". Maybe because forever is such a scary place. Ellen Hopkins

But, though I was very much in lust with him, I knew from the start we were nothing like "forever." Maybe because forever is such a scary place. Ellen Hopkins

I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help. I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary. Ellen Hopkins

No, Kramisha, he's not black. He's a killer bird with evil for his Daddy. P.c. Cast

Librarians were like guardian angels, with graying hair and beady eyes, magnified through reading glasses, and always read to recommend new literary windows to gaze through. Ellen Hopkins

Something stirred beneath my skin, some being inside I'd only suspected existed, demon or angel, I couldn't say. Ellen Hopkins

Surrender is a powerful force. P.c. Cast