“Life was goodbefore I met the monster.After,life was greatAt least for a little while”

Ellen Hopkins
Life Positive

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“HAPPY EVER AFTERis a concept I'll never believein. I would be content to samplesome little taste of happinesstoday, tonight, right now. Though I knowwithout a doubt that tomorrowwill come saturated with pain.Life is like that. At leastmy life. And honestly, I cantthink of anyone whose lifeis any different. The pricetag for joy is misery. [...]”


“But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.”


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“life before the monster”