"A daughter is a rainbow – a curve of light through scattered mist that lifts the spirit with her prismatic presence. A daughter is a promise, kept."

- Ellen Hopkins

"Some people never find the right kind of love. You know, the kind that steals your breath away, like diving into snowmelt. The kind that jolts your heart, sets it beating apace, an anxious hiccuping of hummingbird wings"

- Ellen Hopkins

"So when he asked about getting high, I didn't think, I agreed. We smoked some good California green. Took three tries to put me in the place he said I should be."

- Ellen Hopkins

"Sometimes the little things in life mean the most."

- Ellen Hopkins