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“As long as I write, I am always boundless and never alone.”
― Ray Melnik, THE ROOM

“We are persuaded by memories that come from deep in our subconscious. We know what we feel moment to moment, but are often blind to what drives us from within.”
― Ray Melnik, TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE

“What a tiny world it would be without imagination.”
― Ray Melnik, THE ROOM

“He said I was a beautiful bird with a broken
wing. He said, help me and I’ll fly, but never away.”
― Ray Melnik, GHOST IN THE PARK

“All the greatest ideas to realize, or mysteries to be solved, are seeds born in the human mind. The wish to understand them is the gardener in each of us, but the only true path to their growth and successful harvest, is to start with a fertile soil.”
― Ray Melnik, GHOST IN THE PARK

“Dad told me once that life is an accidental adventure, peppered with beautiful moments, but salted with stinging realities.”
― Ray Melnik, TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE

“The deeper you love, the more powerful the pain that inevitably comes with it. The cruelest part of all is if I do find someone to share my life with eventually one of us will be left alone. The illusion that two become one is just that. In reality, most of us die alone.”
― Ray Melnik, TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE

“Healthy is a heart that still feels pain. Once we’re numb to it all, it’s over.”
― Ray Melnik, Eyes in This World

“Most humans do not realize it consciously, but expressions and eyes say far more than words. Tears may produce little water, but they are a flood of expression.”
― Ray Melnik, Eyes in This World

“Two Steps Forward, No Steps Back.”
― Ray Melnik, Not Afraid: Short Stories and Essays