E.J. Mellow > Quotes

“And then there are the dreams that feel as authentic as reality itself, that seem to exist just as your own life does. Where the emotions you experience there carry over to when you're awake. They are so real, so genuine, that you begin to question your own sanity. And you know that when the day comes that you finally stop dreaming them, you will never stop remembering.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“These dreams are almost like reentering a part in a book that was dog-eared, continuing right where I left off the last time I awoke.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“We all must wake up from dreams”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“I build worlds around us and solar systems and creatures that only exist in dreams. I manifest colors that have flavors and darkness that’s all encompassing. I go to a place unborn by man, created in a space where the natural law has no reach and the science of reason is washed away , replaced by the basic pure desire to exist, all of it coming from a place I never knew I had.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“Now, I like to think that I'm of reasonable intelligence, but ordinary differential equations and myself...we don't really hang in the same comprehension circles. So, try as I might to follow my teacher's logic in how he got 3f"(x) + 5xf(x) to equal eleven, I never quite understood. His answer in no way, shape, or form resembled mine, and this misalignment -this complete confusion of how point A got to point B- is kind of where I'm at right now. "Dreaming?" I repeat dubiously.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“The road to anything truly worth having is often steep, but think of the view when you get there.”
― E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains

“We have to believe going through darkness will eventually bring us light. Especially when night is out forever.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Destined

“His comment brings me back to my birthday dinner with Jared, and I grin at the memory. Dev blinks a few times at my pleased expression and gives me one of his knee-weakening smiles. Immediately, my face falls. "I wasn't smiling at you." "I see." He glances around. "So it was for the other man who opened the door for you." "As a matter of fact, it was," I say and breeze past him.”
― E.J. Mellow

“All was fine.

Or at least, it appeared to be fine, which of course meant it could very well be all wrong.

.”
― E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains

“I ONCE READ somewhere that the odds of getting hit by lightning are one in a million. One in a friggin’ million. So, if this situation were to be viewed optimistically, I’m a pretty unique individual. But here’s the thing—I just got hit by lighting on my birthday, so optimism can go kiss pessimism’s”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“Rae!” I shove his shoulder. “You can’t do that! You can’t snoop about you through me!”“Why not? How else were you going to repay me for this favor?” The corner of his mouth tips up. “Plus, wouldn’t you ask her that?”“Oh. My. God! That’s not the point,” I scold, but after a moment ask, “What did she say?”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“I swallow. Will I like this different me? Will my friends and family? “I know there is a popular saying ‘ignorance is bliss.’” She eyes me sympathetically, as if she knows my thoughts. “But I also know there is a better one that says ‘knowledge is power.’” I’m currently unsure which one I agree with.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“Lost things never like to be found until they've been forgotten.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Destined

“Dev tucks my hair behind my ear. “Yeah— whoa.” I clear my throat and sit up straighter. Somehow I managed to lean in rather close as he was talking. “The weird thing was,” he continues, “where we found you, under this tree, is where I’d go anytime I wanted to be alone. I would come here to think and get out of the city. And that’s where you landed. Sometimes, I think…”
“What do you think?” I nudge him to finish.
He delicately plays with the top of my hand. “Sometimes I think that you were sent to me, that someone knew I would find you.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“He had given her his light and remained in the dark.”
― E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains

“It’s in the past now.” Achak leaned into her chair. “Only there to learn from, not dwell.”
― E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains

“I stay pressed against the solid structure as the doors open . “I’d get some air if I were you. From the feel of it, you seem a little hot and bothered.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“Yeah, oh. Trust me, if I wanted to go there, we would have already been there.” I’ve never rolled my eyes so fast in my life. “Please, you are not my type.” He moves closer. “But don’t you remember? I’m the man of your”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“Because I do not know how to give more without having nothing left for myself!”
― E.J. Mellow, Symphony for a Deadly Throne

“I sit on it's edge, looking down at the man who feels like he just materialized out of nowhere. My head still swims with euphoria from the moment...a moment I was just in with one man whilst sleeping next to another. Suddenly feeling dirty, I pull the sheets wrapped in front of my body closer.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“With you, I wanted to let you in beyond my wall, my defenses. You make me feel strong even with the door wide open.”
― E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains

“The middle of the night is just as advantageous as the middle of the day.”
― E.J. Mellow, Symphony for a Deadly Throne

“How could the simple act of stringing certain words together change the very shape of a soul?”
― E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains

“Perfection is a made-up construct. It is much like time: it cannot be held, and only fools would waste sands falling in an attempt to try.”
― E.J. Mellow, Symphony for a Deadly Throne

“The monster was so large that its matted fur scratched along the rocky walls as it approached, its head forced to duck down. The best comparison was to a giant dirt matted canine, except it had as many eyes as a spider and far more legs than a dog.”
― E.J. Mellow, Song of the Forever Rains

“Dev catches me in my moment of triumph, and for an instant, a weird, wicked gleam passes over his features. Great, now he’ll think I was jealous. I take in the broken ceiling and the huge chunk of it that sits on the floor.
Yeah, okay, maybe I was.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“Because Tanwen did know of such a man. But unfortunately, that man was her father.”
― E.J. Mellow, Scorched Skies

“I blink at the ceiling, remembering everything—remembering Dev, meeting him in the field, being in the city, on the roof, walking with him barefoot in the grass, the giant ravine, feeling him push me over the ledge. He pushed me over the ledge!”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“Some memories, I think," she eventually said, "are worth the pain they bring. They remind us that whatever we had was real. And knowing it was true, remembering, well, it can sometimes offer a comfort, even amid all the hurt.”
― E.J. Mellow, Dance of a Burning Sea

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― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer