Melissa Wiesner > Quotes

“It’s a new year. One I’ve never lived through before, one with endless possibilities. The past is behind me, and I’m finished with trying to change things that don’t need to be changed.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“If you need to be anything other than exactly who you are-for anyone-then the problem is with them, and not you.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“Nothing that starts with ‘come on, it will be fun’ is ever fun.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“mom”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Girl in the Picture

“Is it possible I could change my life...just by being me?”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“Each one of these scars is a place where you healed and grew stronger.”
― Melissa Wiesner, Love and Other Lost Things

“I have a PHD in mathematics, for the love of Pythagoras.”
― Melissa Wiesner, Wish I Were Here

“Family”
― Melissa Wiesner, Our Stolen Child

“they’d”
― Melissa Wiesner, His Secret Daughter

“I click over to Instagram, the only thing that can make me feel worse.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“Our mouths connect, gentle, sweet, with the hint of more to come. It’s the perfect first kiss on the perfect day. When we break apart, Adam leans back, studying my face as if he can’t believe I’m real. “Jason might seem like he has it all, but today, I’m feeling like the luckiest guy in the world.” His mouth curves upward. “Because I get to be here with you.”
― Melissa Wiesner, All the Ways You Save Me

“the walls of this house were closing in on her. “Maya comes too,” Luna declared, as Emma wrestled”
― Melissa Wiesner, His Secret Daughter

“I was so wrapped up in what I thought I wanted I didn't stop to recognize what I actually had.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“I can choose to stay stuck, to keep looking back at yesterday, at what could have been. Or I can move forward. To tomorrow.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“This party feels like a metaphor for my life. Everyone is out there, living their best life, while I sit on the sidelines.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“It’s a new year. One I’ve never lived through before, one with endless possibilities. The past is behind me, and I’m finished with trying to change things that don’t need to be changed. I couldn’t be more excited about what will come next.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“He knows exactly who he is, and he doesn’t need to apologize or change to please anyone. I wish I could be more like that.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“You end up at the top of your field by working within the system, not making a scene every time you feel you've been wronged.”
― Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

“He wanted to tell her it was okay to fall apart. That she wasn’t alone anymore.”
― Melissa Wiesner, It All Comes Back to You

“All you have to do is tackle today. And tomorrow, you can worry about tomorrow.”
― Melissa Wiesner, His Secret Daughter

“So many of the stories and messages aimed at children were told in such simple terms. There were good guys and there were bad guys. Parents were supposed to love you. Families didn’t hurt each other. But what were you supposed to do when real life didn’t look anything like that?”
― Melissa Wiesner, Love and Other Lost Things

“Let her daughter hold on to one more “before” moment, before her life moved into “after” forever.”
― Melissa Wiesner, His Secret Daughter