E.J. Mellow > E.J.'s Quotes

“I don't know who I am, but I might be a badass.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“I walked forward simply because there was no going back.”
― Emma Raveling, Ondine Quartet Collection: Volume 1

“I mean, it's not like he's Damon Salvatore hot”
― M. Leighton, For the Love of a Vampire

“I held it in my hands like it was a baby (and, just for reference, I hold babies like they are snakes).”
― Karina Halle, Sins & Needles

“Maybe I needed sensitivity training. I once signed up for an anger management class, but the instructor pissed me off.”
― Darynda Jones, First Grave on the Right

“If I couldn't be a good example, I'd just have to be a horrible warning.”
― Darynda Jones, First Grave on the Right

“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.”
― Benedict Cumberbatch

“He can't give you a future."
"I know. Because I make my own future.”
― Emma Raveling

“I write to discover what I know.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“Emotions are powerful sources of energy. They are what makes us alive. They provide proof of our souls.”
― Emma Raveling, Whirl

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

“Sometimes we think we're losing something when we're really finding something else.”
― Emma Raveling, Breaker

“To be ready does not mean it will be easy. It doesn't mean it will be smooth. It means that even when it's difficult, you have what it takes to survive.”
― Emma Raveling, Breaker

“I could stand alone because I knew I was not alone.”
― Emma Raveling, Breaker

“Endings do not exist. There are only choices leading to other paths.”
― Emma Raveling, Breaker

“We all choose, Kendra. In the end, we can only hope we've chosen wisely. Regret is a horrible monster to flee from.”
― Emma Raveling, Breaker

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.”
― Aldous Huxley

“And then there are the dreams that feel as authentic as reality itself, that seem to exist just as your own life does. Where the emotions you experience there carry over to when you're awake. They are so real, so genuine, that you begin to question your own sanity. And you know that when the day comes that you finally stop dreaming them, you will never stop remembering.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“Now, I like to think that I'm of reasonable intelligence, but ordinary differential equations and myself...we don't really hang in the same comprehension circles. So, try as I might to follow my teacher's logic in how he got 3f"(x) + 5xf(x) to equal eleven, I never quite understood. His answer in no way, shape, or form resembled mine, and this misalignment -this complete confusion of how point A got to point B- is kind of where I'm at right now. "Dreaming?" I repeat dubiously.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“His comment brings me back to my birthday dinner with Jared, and I grin at the memory. Dev blinks a few times at my pleased expression and gives me one of his knee-weakening smiles. Immediately, my face falls. "I wasn't smiling at you." "I see." He glances around. "So it was for the other man who opened the door for you." "As a matter of fact, it was," I say and breeze past him.”
― E.J. Mellow

“These dreams are almost like reentering a part in a book that was dog-eared, continuing right where I left off the last time I awoke.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“I sit on it's edge, looking down at the man who feels like he just materialized out of nowhere. My head still swims with euphoria from the moment...a moment I was just in with one man whilst sleeping next to another. Suddenly feeling dirty, I pull the sheets wrapped in front of my body closer.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Dreamer

“We all must wake up from dreams”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“I swallow. Will I like this different me? Will my friends and family? “I know there is a popular saying ‘ignorance is bliss.’” She eyes me sympathetically, as if she knows my thoughts. “But I also know there is a better one that says ‘knowledge is power.’” I’m currently unsure which one I agree with.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“I stay pressed against the solid structure as the doors open . “I’d get some air if I were you. From the feel of it, you seem a little hot and bothered.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“Rae!” I shove his shoulder. “You can’t do that! You can’t snoop about you through me!”“Why not? How else were you going to repay me for this favor?” The corner of his mouth tips up. “Plus, wouldn’t you ask her that?”“Oh. My. God! That’s not the point,” I scold, but after a moment ask, “What did she say?”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“I build worlds around us and solar systems and creatures that only exist in dreams. I manifest colors that have flavors and darkness that’s all encompassing. I go to a place unborn by man, created in a space where the natural law has no reach and the science of reason is washed away , replaced by the basic pure desire to exist, all of it coming from a place I never knew I had.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Divide

“I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.”
― Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty

“Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.”
― Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty