Melissa

“You know what Dorothy Parker said, right? You can lead a whore to culture, but you can’t make her think.”
― Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes

“I love you,’ he whispered, and kissed my brow. ‘Thorns and all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Ultramarathons have a way of stripping you bare. All the outside layers are peeled away like an onion and you are left alone with your doubts and fears and a finish line that feels like an eternity away. But step after step, minute after minute, hour after hour that finish line gets closer. And when you find it all the doubts and fears vanish, replaced by triumph.”
― Cory Reese, Nowhere Near First: Ultramarathon Adventures From The Back Of The Pack

“I am not ready to become the next version of me that I must.”
― Lori Blevins