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title: "3 Choke Quotes By Ellen Hopkins"
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> [When I was little, my friends would gush over wedding gowns and honeymoons. But I saw too many people flush decades together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/when-i-was-little-my-friends-would-gush-over-wedding-gowns-and/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/ellen-hopkins-475_affection_when-i-was-little-my-friends-would-gush_282595.jpg)

> [ It \[death\] chokes you, gags you, but you have to pretend that you're doing just fine, not trembling with this fear because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/it-death-chokes-you-gags-you-but-you-have-to-pretend-that-you-re/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/ellen-hopkins-475_choke_it-death-chokes-you-gags-you-but-you-hav_2225972.png)

> [Not Exactly True That skin hate is dead. There will never be color blindness in a culture of fear. But when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/not-exactly-true-that-skin-hate-is-dead-there-will-never-be-color/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/ellen-hopkins-475_blindness_not-exactly-true-that-skin-hate-is-dead_2474236.jpg)

## Other authors on Choke

## More by Ellen Hopkins

> [“I've been alone since my mom met Scott. He sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly. No nurture, no nourishment left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/i-ve-been-alone-since-my-mom-met-scott-he-sucked-the-nectar-from-her/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/i-wonder-how-long-it-would-take-him-to-realize-i-m-right-as-sin-it-s/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [Do you know how beautiful you are?' I shook my head 'I'm not. But you make me fell like I am.' I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/do-you-know-how-beautiful-you-are-i-shook-my-head-i-m-not-but-you/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [That's what I'll be. A silhouette, rarely seen, and yet believed in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/that-s-what-i-ll-be-a-silhouette-rarely-seen-and-yet-believed-in/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/one-foot-in-front-of-the-other-counting-tiles-on-the-floor-so-i-don-t/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [...life is all about chances. You might be safer not taking any. But playing it totally safe means you're only existing. Not living. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/life-is-all-about-chances-you-might-be-safer-not-taking-any-but/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [The truth is, I don't have a real clue what love is - how to find it, how to give it. Once upon a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/the-truth-is-i-don-t-have-a-real-clue-what-love-is-how-to-find-it-how/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/but-death-doesn-t-scare-me-to-know-exactly-when-i-might-expect-it-up/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [So You Want to Know All about her. Who she really is. (Was?) Why she swerved off the high road. Hard left to nowhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/so-you-want-to-know-all-about-her-who-she-really-is-was-why-she/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [“I don’t belong here. I know that. But I don’t belong anywhere else, either. And that is at the heart of the black depression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/i-don-t-belong-here-i-know-that-but-i-don-t-belong-anywhere-else/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [Six months since we met up again we are inseparable, an intricate weave. No longer do I believe this is a temporary fling. More…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/six-months-since-we-met-up-again-we-are-inseparable-an-intricate/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [“But who ever said the easiest path is the one you should choose?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/but-who-ever-said-the-easiest-path-is-the-one-you-should-choose/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [Afraid to Die Loveless Because I think if you die without knowing love in this life, that's how you'll spend eternity. Alone. Frozen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/afraid-to-die-loveless-because-i-think-if-you-die-without-knowing/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [Every high has an equal, measurable low.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/every-high-has-an-equal-measurable-low/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

> [Don't Stop ...down, ...Down there ...down where ...monsters, ...Run!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/don-t-stop-down-down-there-down-where-monsters-run/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

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