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Ellen Hopkins

"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."

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"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."

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Donna Grant

"It isn't so much life's problems that challenge us but the emotional turbulence stirred up while trying to deal with them. People possessing the gift of emotional detachment are lucky in that their personal problems seem far less problematic."

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Donna Grant

"Sometimes being indifferent solves everything."

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Donna Grant

"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."

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Donna Grant

"She seemed always to have seen him through a blur - first of sleepiness, then of distance and indifference - and now the fog had thickened till he was almost indistinguishable."

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Donna Grant

"The eternal sea of politics is best left to politicians."

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Donna Grant

"Poverty becomes a marvellously beautiful thing when the mindis free of society. One must become poor inwardly for then there isno seeking, no asking, no desire, no - nothing! It is only this inwardpoverty that can see the truth of a life in which there is no conflict at all."

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Donna Grant

"To get, simply release, and then gently invite."

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Donna Grant

"Nothing can touch the one who is oodasin (one unperturbed by worldly life). After attaining Knowledge of the Self, if one applies awareness of the Self, one can remain unperturbed (oodasin)."

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Donna Grant

"Where there is kashay, they are all considered heaps of parigraha (worldly possessiveness); whether one is living in the Himalayas or in a cave. Where there is absence of kashays, there is absence of possessiveness; even if one is then living in a palace!"

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Donna Grant

"Sometimes the best solution is to stop trying to change people."

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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 not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?"

Mental Health

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Ellen Hopkins
"I love the way she feels inthe curve of my arm. I loveher unpretentious beauty,her intelligence, her nerve.But could I ever love her?The concept of falling in loveis completely foreign, somethingI can't bring myself to accept. Her hair pillows my cheek and her hand on my leg is warm. I care about you, Conner, and I hate to see you hurting. I want to respond but can'tfind the pretty words I need."

Affection

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Ellen Hopkins
"I think it's easyto confuse love with other things.Lust, for one. Need, for another."

Love

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Ellen Hopkins
"Aloneeverything changes.Some might call it distorted realitybut it's exactly the place I need to be."

Solitude

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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. Do you think hell is fiery? I don't. I think hell is frozen."

Fear

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

Leadership

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Ellen Hopkins
"What's the point of being a hero when everyone thinks you're a villain?"

Perception

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

Self-Love

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

Joy

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Ellen Hopkins
"In control. Out of control. Sometimes they're the same thing. The trick is knowing it's okay to feel out of control once in a while, as long as you're sure you can regain the upper hand when you absolutely need to."

Resilience

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