Ellen Hopkins Quotes


And if candor strikes to forcefully, step back, draw careful breath, and consider the angle your words must take before you open your mouth, let them leak out. Because once you tilt the truth, it becomes a lie.


Citations

Hopkins, Ellen. Tilt. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2012, p. 273.

Related Quotes

This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David. This quotation urges a leader to avoid advisors and appointees who do not tell the truth.


Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins
  • Born: March 26, 1955
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist, Poet

Ellen Louise Hopkins is a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.