Melissa Dishaw

“It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”
― Warsan Shire

“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.”
― Erich Fromm

“Think of people as people, not problems that need to be solved.”
― Hank Green

“Don't make yourself small.
Not for anyone.
If someone tells you
you're too much...
too loud, too sensitive,
too fierce, too caring,
too intellectual, too optimistic,
too realistic, too logical, too emotional...
just smile and move on, my friend.
Clearly, they aren't enough for you.”
― L.R. Knost