Quotes From "Perfect" By Ellen Hopkins

HOW do you define a word without concrete meaning? To each his own, the saying goes, so W H Ypush to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree is W H E R E you want to be? Faultless. Finished. Incomparable. People can never be these, and anyway, W H E Ndid creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person W H Olives inside your skin? The outside belongs to others. Only you should decide for you -WHATis perfect. Ellen Hopkins

Nobody seems to care that with every push to live up to their expectations, my own dreams vaporize. Ellen Hopkins

Yes, it takes two to dance. But somebody has to lead. Ellen Hopkins

Tying the know means slipping a noose around love and choking it to death. Ellen Hopkins

You cry in your room. I cry in my room. Mom cries in Mom's room. And in the morning everyone pretends like they never cried once in their life. Natasha Friend

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

I go towards him and put my hands on his face and I kiss him. “What do you feel, Holden?”He looks into my eyes. “You, ” he says. “I feel you. Kady Hunt

Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing. Ellen Hopkins

Mrs. Sussex said Byron’s loss would grow more bearable. But here was the nub: he didn’t want to lose his loss. Loss was all he had left of his mother. If time healed the gap, it would be as if she’d never been there. Rachel Joyce

...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

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

Anger is easier than forgiveness. Ellen Hopkins

My darling Julie, I know you'll never see this letter, but it helps to write to you every day. It keeps you close to me. G-d, I miss you so. You haunt every hour of my life. I wish I'd never met you. No-I don't mean that! What good would my life be without my memories of you to make me smile. I keep wondering if you're happy. I want you to be. I want you to have a glorious life. That's why I couldn't say the things I knew you wanted to hear when we were together. I was afraid if I did, you'd wait for me for years. I knew you wanted me to say I loved you. Not saying that to you was the only unselfish thing I did in Colorado, and I now I regret even that. I love you, Julie. Christ, I love you so much. I'd give up all my life to have one year with you. Six months. Three. Anything. You stole my heart in just a few days, darling, but you gave me your heart, too. I know you did- I could see it in your eyes every time you looked at me. I don't regret the loss of my freedom any more or rage at the injustice of the years I spent in prison. Now, my only regret is that I can't have you. You're young, and I know you'll forget about me quickly and go on with your own life. That's exactly what you should do. It's what you must do. I want you to do that, Julie.That's such a lousy lie. What I really want is to see you again, to hold you in my arms, to make love to you over and over again until I've filled you so completely that there's no room left inside of you for anyone but me, ever. I never thought of sexual intercourse as 'making love' until you. You never knew that... I wish I had time to write you a better letter or that I'd kept one of the others I've written so I could send that instead. They were all much more coherent than this one. I won't send another letter to you, so don't watch for one. Letters will make us both hope and dream, and if I don't stop doing that, I will die of wanting you. Before I go-- I see from the newspapers that Costner has a new movie coming out in the States. If you dare to start fantasizing over Kevin after you see it, I will haunt you for the rest of your life. I love you, Julie. I loved in Colorado. I love you here, where I am. I will always love you. Everywhere. Always. Judith McNaught

Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit. Ellen Hopkins

I’ve never felt this lonely. But then I’ve never witnessed someone falling apart. Even his blank stare, as he watches his world crumble around himself, is beautiful. And I’ve never seen someone break so perfectly. And all I can do is watch because he won’t let me in. Because just like his darkness, his misery is his own. But what does that make me? A passerby? No. I can’t just stand by. Why doesn’t he understand that I can’t watch him fall apart? That the sharp ends of the broken glass that is his heart, cut me too. Kady Hunt

I keep hearing that love isn't a logical emotion. Should I worry about that? Ellen Hopkins

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

Jim looks out the car window with his nose pressed to the glass. Sometimes he pretends to be asleep. Not because he is tired, but because he needs to be quiet. Rachel Joyce

I always wondered. If…” Her mouth was on autopilot.“ If what, Ella?”“If I crossed your mind wherever you were.”“ You don’t cross my mind, Ella. You live in it.” He tugged her closer to him. Elizabeth SaFleur

She’d never been the kind of woman who angered over being told what to do. She’d never felt unequal or demeaned in a submissive role, rather more like a helpmate and compliment to her lover. And, she’d never once asked why God had made her this way. She didn’t care why. She just wanted to play her part–and for her part to have value. Elizabeth SaFleur

I actually hate Christmas, " says Eileen. "Everybody has this idea you have to have a good time, like happiness comes in a ruddy packet." Her face is flushed with heat. "One time, I stayed in bed all day. That was one of my best Christmases. Rachel Joyce

I'm afraid it will never be perfect again. I am indelibly stained. Forever redefined, but blurred around the edges. Ellen Hopkins

When did creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person who lives inside your skin? Ellen Hopkins

She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control. Judith McNaught

Don't go looking for worry. It finds you on its own. Autumn Jordon

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