Fear Quotes by Ellen Hopkins

I'm a total wreck. Afraid to let anyone near. Afraid they'll see the real me.

— Ellen Hopkins

“When you live afraid of your neighbor, the monster you should most walk in terror of thrives.”

— Ellen Hopkins

Everyone's afraid of everybody else...maybe because we're all afraid of ourselves.

— Ellen Hopkins

There will never be color blindness in a culture of fear.

— Ellen Hopkins

Fear is a better friend than you, who feel nothing, beneath the weight of my pain.

— Ellen Hopkins

She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo.

— Ellen Hopkins

“Secrets. We keep them to protect ourselves. We keep them to protect others. We keep them out of shame. We keep them…

— Ellen Hopkins

It [death] chokes you, gags you, but you have to pretend that you're doing just fine, not trembling with this fear because…

— Ellen Hopkins

THE BAD THING ABOUT FEAR Is it requires a reaction. Some hide. Some cry. But, like a dog condemned to a walled…

— Ellen Hopkins

The truth is, I've always been afraid of letting anyone get too close. I built a wall around me, a barricade to…

— Ellen Hopkins

Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.

— Ellen Hopkins

“A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies…

— Ellen Hopkins

I can see why she feels left behind. Maybe even discarded. Is that why she refuses to accept my love and return…

— Ellen Hopkins

Not Exactly True That skin hate is dead. There will never be color blindness in a culture of fear. But when you…

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He has built a pedestal for her so tall that she is afraid to be lifted atop it, because to fall would…

— Ellen Hopkins

Am I more afraid Of taking a chance and learning I'm somebody I don't know, or of risking new territory, only to…

— Ellen Hopkins

“Ian's sense of right and wrong overwhelms me. Not a single other person … I know possesses such an unshakable sense of…

— Ellen Hopkins