Ellen Hopkins Quotes

Fear was the biggest bullshitter, he’d said. But sometimes, too, fear told the truth.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

It was better to know the worst than to wonder.

People would rather be deceived than have the truth cause them anxiety

The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me.

I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes to be in that in-between state where there don't know what's going to happen. There's a lot of tension in that, and a lot of stuff to play with - where it's uncomfortable and awkward and sad and scary.

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear.

Not being secure affects us as humans. It throws us off our balance. It puts us in disarray.

People don't really want to know what happens. They ask you for just a second, but then they don't want to know.

I don't like to look a man in the eye.

Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.

Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.

People are always afraid of the truth.

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

Truth is often attended with danger

Because I am basically so insecure and anxious and afraid, I never, ever in my life learned to reach out for help, ever.

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

Most people try to isolate themselves and pretend like things are all good when a lot of times, that's not how it is.

I am not brave. I am very weak. I am trying to overcome my problems. I do cry, I do break but I think that's normal.

Am I scared of anything? Yeah, everything.

Writing my first book, 'Beautiful,' was the time that I was able to write the truth of it - that I was despairing at times, that I got depressed and felt like I couldn't cope. Writing became about being honest.

I'm not ashamed to say I fear something.

Sometimes when you open your mouth you show what you're afraid of more than anything.

What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in.