Self Reward Quotes

“I write because I have to write, like a singer who has to sing or a musician who has to make music. I write not so much as to have people read my writing, I write to connect, to engage, to feel less alone. I also write to allow others to feel related to what I’m writing about, to laugh, to cry, to identify within themselves similar feelings and to evoke a memory.

I used to think my journey was so unique yet it’s not, and for that I am grateful.

If I can’t be a rock star, then I will be a write star even if in my own eyes.”
― Shelley Brown-Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z

“Live the journey, learn the lessons, regret not.”
― Shelley Brown-Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z

“I don’t understand skinny jeans. I don’t understand why people like them, wear them, or buy them. If I want something to hug my calves that tight, I would get a dog that follows me around and humps my legs all day.”
― Shelley Brown-Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z

“I come from a worried people. These people worry and are overly cautious. The worried people are very suggestive and read the side effects on every medication to make sure they experience all of them, even the side effects experienced by the placebo people. If it only happens in males, my female people will figure out a way to have that side effect, too. My people worry out of love, though.”
― Shelley Brown-Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z

“Living inside this head was a torture of endless looping thoughts and self-hatred. Like many women, my suffering manifested itself through my relationship with my body that transcended self-hatred into self-destruction. There’s no need to go into any more detail about what it was like. What I do want to offer is that there is hope.”
― Shelley Brown-Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z

“I have decided to use my voice to tell you stuff that you may not otherwise know. Not to scare you or make you feel bad, but to inform you so you’re not totally taken by surprise as I have been. Maybe it’s my own ignorance. Maybe it’s lack of cable. After all, don’t they talk about this shit on Dr. Oz? By the way, how many of us can relate to a person who would be an audience member of daytime talk show?”
― Shelley Brown-Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z