Melissa Toppen > Quotes

“There’s no old life versus new life. There is simply my life. Acceptance really is a wonderful
thing. Allowing me to let go of the baggage I carried with me and for once to just be free.”
― Melissa Toppen, Second Chance

“Fear is not only part of us, it becomes us. Consuming all that we are until we simply have nothing left.”
― Melissa Toppen, The Traveler: The Amulet of Life

“It's funny how what I used to view as important now holds nothing for me. It's in our vanity that we lose sight of what actually matters.”
― Melissa Toppen, The Traveler: The Amulet of Life

“We are raised to live this life, never really sure as to what is in store for us beyond. Some people spend their lives determined to know what awaits them next. Others, like me, simply except that there may or may not be something after. Life is just life. At least that's what I used to believe.”
― Melissa Toppen, The Traveler: The Amulet of Life

“I stand on the sidewalk, rooted to the spot. I know the moment I walk in that door, everything will change. The world I know will no longer exist. Instead it will be replaced by a world that I am still not able to comprehend. A world until days ago, I never even knew existed.”
― Melissa Toppen, The Traveler: The Amulet of Life

“You have to find a way to balance who you are now with who you once were.”
― Melissa Toppen, Force of Nature

“The bliss that I feel in this moment is like something from a fairy tale. A prince laying the world out at his princesses feet. A hope to win her heart and take her away from her awful existence to live happily ever after in his palace. While life is no where near a fairy tale, it feels good to know that moments like this can exist. Moments that render you speechless and take your breath away. -Addison Grant- Consumed”
― Melissa Toppen, Consumed

“Whether he was real or I simply made him up, he changed me that night. I remember the way my surroundings seemed to warp around him. The pull between us so strong that I felt like my body was going to rip apart and break into a million pieces”
― Melissa Toppen, The Traveler: The Amulet of Life

“You would have to live a life of pain to know that it is no life at all. We aren't living, not really. We are empty souls, faced to brave the world with no real sense of self. Knowing only fear. Would you really choose that life for yourself?”
― Melissa Toppen, The Traveler: The Amulet of Life

“If you love someone, you don’t just drop them at the first sign of trouble. But that’s exactly what he did. He abandoned me. Left me here to weather the storm alone.”
― Melissa Toppen, The Space Between Now & Forever