Speechless

by Lindsey Lanza

Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. -C.S. Lewis

Fairy tales are so enchanting because they end as soon as everything becomes perfect.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. -Bob Marley

At first glance, my new life looks like the start of a romance novel. Girl starting over after a devastating breakup suddenly winds up living in a mansion with five gorgeous men. One who happens to be the celebrity crush she never knew she’s had for years!

Why get up in the morning unless you’re going to have an adventure? -Hans Zimmer

I’ve only seen one naked man since college? I’m living out the dreams of my slutty twenties that I never got to have. Let me live.

I love the way I feel here. Like anything could happen, like doors are opening instead of closing on me, like my life isn’t over. Like the ending to my story is still waiting on the edits.

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful of your life. -Mark Twain

I see why Rowan is your favorite.” “Oh, really? Because of his big muscles? Immortality? Ability to fly?” “Erm, I guess those might be qualities you appreciate, but no. I think you like him because of all the men in the books, he’s the only one she can truly be herself with. She never has to pretend to be something else, and he loves her no matter what, even when she’s well, you know, on a murderous rampage?”

You look vibrant. Like the sun. Like everyone else is just orbiting around you.”

I’m starting to realize that finding the perfect partner or having the perfect family isn’t an ending at all. It’s more like the prologue. What happens next is the story. And I’m finally feeling like my story isn’t over, that maybe it hasn’t even begun.

Where words fail, music speaks. -Hans Christian Andersen

My heart still believes in fairy tales, still sees the perfect ending playing out for me, again. My brain knows better. She’s seen some shit.

“But under the rainbow, that’s how I feel when I’m with you. Like the storm has just ended and I can finally see the sun. You’re my fairy tale, Luzu.”

Don’t choose to be unhappy.

Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live it. -Mary J. Blige