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21 " . I was feeling like an old puzzle that someone put away, the kind that’s missing pieces so it never gets looked at. It isn’t until I came across the woman that now holds my last name that I see it clearly. She’s the collection of pieces that are missing from my box. She completes it and turns it into the most beautiful picture. "
― Melyssa Winchester , Stairway to Heaven (Love United, #4)
22 " You might look like a princess, Isabelle Reagan, but if I had my way tonight, you’d also be a queen. "
― Melyssa Winchester , Count on Me (Count on Me, #1)
23 " Amelia changed me. She made me believe in something again. She made me believe in her. "
― Melyssa Winchester , Take Me with You (Count on Me, #3)
24 " You’re only gonna get in trouble, so why even bother?”“I bother because it’s wrong. I bother because you don’t deserve it. I bother because you fucking mean something to the girl I’m head over heels for and Eric, I bother because you mean something to me. "
25 " Don’t leave me, Amelia. Even if you don’t want anything to do with me anymore, don’t ever leave. I don’t think I can do this without you. "
26 " That’s cold, Ems. You know you’re supposed to save your lunches for me.”“And like I told you last time, my lunches want to see other people. "
― Melyssa Winchester , The Space In Between
27 " Being deaf is not a weakness or it shouldn’t be seen as one and that’s what I wanted to get across that day. It’s still what I want people to see. It’s the same thing with the special needs kids. They are no different than I am, than anyone is really. Just because they might act in ways that ‘normal’ people don’t or experience life in a different way, it doesn’t make them wrong or less than anyone else. We’re not weak or what’s wrong with the world. "
― Melyssa Winchester , Hear Me Now (Count on Me, #2)
28 " You can't change ignorance by beating a hole into someone's face. Doing that only makes you as ignorant as they are. "
29 " It doesn’t matter to them that we didn’t ask to be the way we are; that some of us were born this way and we’re only trying to get along and survive like everyone else. No, instead they’ve got to go out of their way to call attention to the things that set us apart from them instead of embracing the ways we’re the same. "
30 " It’s easy to tell someone something you know they want to hear. What’s not so easy is following up on those easy words and making what you said come to life. It’s in taking the words and turning them into actions where most people give up and bail out. "
31 " Cadence is my melody. "
― Melyssa Winchester , Here & Now (Count on Me, #5)
32 " Caring about someone, it's never easy. Seeing past their imperfections; the things you don't necessarily like, it speaks to the size of your heart and the person you are. That can never be wrong. "
33 " The thing is, she sounds fucking beautiful and I want to tell her that so badly it's giving me a headache just thinking about it, but I don't because I can't lead her on. "
34 " That girl you can’t stop thinking about; the one that makes you feel shit you don’t think you’re allowed to feel; Dillon, she can’t hear a word you say. Cadence—she’s deaf. "
35 " This isn't about weakness and strength anymore. I know I've made it about that because of what Bruce drilled into my head, but what this girl went through, it has nothing to do with her being weak. I've only talked to her two days out of the last four and I know she's stronger than all of the people I call friends. I know it because she's stronger than me. "
36 " Whoever said that the truth will set you free was full of shit. "
37 " Getting to know her, it’s supposed to be a game. A way to keep me occupied, but now there’s nothing about it that feels like a game. I want her attention because I actually like the way it feels when I have it. "
38 " You know what Ames? Come find me when you pull the stick out of your ass. You’re delusional and I’m over it. "
39 " Doing the right thing isn’t supposed to hurt this bad. When you’re faced with a choice and you choose the right one, there’s supposed to be this big moment of clarity you experience. It’s an overall kind of feeling; where you just know instinctively that the choice you’ve made is right and you move ahead feeling lighter and better than you’ve ever felt because of it. "
40 " I'm only going to hurt this girl. I hurt everyone I touch. It's the way I'm wired. "