“He might have gotten his way in the hallway earlier, but now he's on my turf. He isn't gonna push me around.” — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“The sad reality is, it's not just the people I go to school with that are doing it. It's their parents too. Their noses are all turned up at me, like because of my diagnosis; I'm an alien to them.… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“I’ve known you a long time. I’ve seen you before you made the team and gained the popularity, turning into the jerk that’s standing… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“So you’re not talking to Cadence, laughing in class because of the notes the two of you pass back and forth? You didn’t just… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“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… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“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… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share
“It’s okay to have differences, to not be like everyone else around you. It doesn’t make you weaker or less worthy than anyone else… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“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… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“Not thinking, I reach my hand across and flick him. I might not want to be here, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna sit… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“Goodness will always win over evil, no matter how much the evil attempts to break you. More than that, you are never truly in… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“There's this small flicker in time when you're looking down the barrel of a gun and instead of your life flashing before your eyes,… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“You know what Ames? Come find me when you pull the stick out of your ass. You’re delusional and I’m over it.” — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
