The Jelly Bean Crisis Quotes

“I wish I could take it all back, but I can’t. And I definitely can’t un-feel a feeling.”
― Jolene Stockman, The Jelly Bean Crisis

“I’d been doing everything to please everyone else and some imaginary me.”
― Jolene Stockman, The Jelly Bean Crisis

“A darkened theater. Final whispers. Black. The projector streams through. The picture surrounds. I fall away. You reach me.”
― Jolene Stockman, The Jelly Bean Crisis

“The building is a tumbling house of cards behind me. The bus bitches are paper cutouts.”
― Jolene Stockman, The Jelly Bean Crisis

“Usually, Shakespeare gives me goose bumps. The guy knows everything. Like some ancient angel quill-ing out blueprints life. Hiding it in fiction. And usually I love the sound of the words, the way they dance on the page. Today, they fall flat. My attention bobbing in the cosmos. All free brain-space is marinating in gap month fizz. I chew my pen, candy-cane style. The million possibilities ahead make it hard to care about right now. I write my answers slowly, each letter carved in stone not ballpoint. I’m going to explore the world, find my passion, try everything! The fizz shoots up my spine and a smile sprouts.”
― Jolene Stockman, The Jelly Bean Crisis