Melanie

“I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“As I look out at all of you gathered here, I want to say that I don't see a room full of Parisians in top hats and diamonds and silk dresses. I don't see bankers and housewives and store clerks. No. I address you all tonight as you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret