Melissa

“That you had more hidden away inside you than anyone else she’d ever met.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet

“Nina understood, maybe for the first time, that letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“The research is clear: writing can help us manage negative emotional states, process our lives, and even heal from trauma. One of the reasons writing does this, I believe, is because it invites us, and even requires us, to look at our pain in a new way and for a long time. It requires contemplation.”
― Allison Fallon, The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life

“Words can affect how people view themselves, how they treat each other, how they navigate the world. Words can build people up, or they can tear them down.”
― Will Smith, Will