Melissa Kantor Quotes

Apparently being Cinderella isn't so bad after all. ~ Melissa Kantor

Sometimes it's hard to hear when we've done something wrong. But we can learn from our mistakes. ~ Melissa Kantor

Time does not care how precious it is, how hard you are working not to squander it. Time passes. ~ Melissa Kantor

Nothing.
That's what happens to the stepmother in Cinderella.
Nothing. ~ Melissa Kantor

Life would be so much simpler if guys were like mood rings, and they changed color when they liked you. ~ Melissa Kantor

Why is it I can spend a dozen Friday nights staring at the peeling walls of my "room" without anyone in the family so much as poking a head down to see if I'm alive, while the one time I actually have plans (major plans, plans that necessitate extraordinary focus and massive preparation), my stepmother suddenly suggests we sing a duet of "Getting to Know You"? ~ Melissa Kantor

Be honest, Do I give off a vibe that says 'No, handsome stud, I don't want you to make a pass at me,' while at the same time communicating, 'Hello there, acne-ridden dwarf. Promise me we'll meet again. ~ Melissa Kantor

[W]hen I told my dad why I was calling, he just said, 'Honey, you're so beautiful it doesn't matter what you wear.' I wondered how many dads in America were, at that very moment, giving their daughters the same useless advice mine was giving me. ~ Melissa Kantor

Prince Charming was requesting my presence tonight. ~ Melissa Kantor

If I was going to do something, I wanted to give my life over to it, to love it, to wake up in the morning for it like I had for dance. ~ Melissa Kantor

Apparently, he was too busy living his own life to be a character in the imaginary novel that was mine. ~ Melissa Kantor

Why take the risk? Surely somebody would invent a crystal ball to tell you whether or not a relationship would work out before it started. ~ Melissa Kantor

Because if I have a wicked stepmother and two evil stepsisters, aren't I supposed to get a prince? ~ Melissa Kantor

Looking back at that conversation, I can't help wondering: Did I know? Did I know what was coming, and did I think that as long as I wouldn't let Livvie say the words, they wouldn't be true? ~ Melissa Kantor

I wanted to kill someone and I wanted to die and I wanted to run as far and as fast as I could because she was never coming back. She had fallen off the face of the earth and she was never coming back. ~ Melissa Kantor

There are some things you worry about. And then there are some things you don't worry about. You don't worry about them because they're too awful to contemplate worrying about. ~ Melissa Kantor

What if in every breakup, the dumper gets to live happily ever after, while the dumpee gets a lifetime membership in the Bitter Book Club? ~ Melissa Kantor

For years, every moment I wasn't dancing was a moment I was waiting to dance. ~ Melissa Kantor

And suddenly I started to cry. Serious sobs, the kind where your stomach hurts and you can't breathe and there's snot running down your face. I was crying so hard I couldn't even mute the sounds I was making, and Luke put his hand on my back and I thought about how everyone would think that I was crying because of Stacy's fucking speech and I wanted to kill someone. I wanted to kill someone and I wanted to die and I wanted to run as far and as fast as I could. ~ Melissa Kantor

It was strange how we could talk so much and say so little. ~ Melissa Kantor

There was no way that sentence was coming out of my mouth. ~ Melissa Kantor

People never think things that are true are funny. ~ Melissa Kantor

There is nothing that makes the unbearable bearable. ~ Melissa Kantor

TEN BREAKUP COMMANDMENTS:
1. Move out
2. You cannot be friends
3. Do not process this break-up together
4. Do not bad mouth your ex to other people
5. Get rid of anything that reminds of him
6. Start and exercise regimen
7. Pursue an interest you could not have pursued while you and your ex were together
8. Take a vacation
9. Embrace Change
10. Go on a date ~ Melissa Kantor

I realize that," said Ms. Daniels. "Unfortunately, hard work is not always enough. ~ Melissa Kantor

I hate gender stereotypes like girls love princesses and boys like guns ... my point is that tying particular behaviors and interests to particular gender seems to be the major reason guys who like dance get called names. ~ Melissa Kantor

And then I thought that it wasn't fair that at seventeen you could make choices that you might regret for the rest of your life because you really had no idea what you were doing and the stakes were just too high. ~ Melissa Kantor

You two look like salt and pepper shakers. That's what my mom use to say when we both had long hair. You're a couple of salt and pepper shakers. And now here I was, just a stupid lonely pepper shaker. What was the point of a pepper shaker without a salt shaker? I didn't even like pepper. ~ Melissa Kantor

After all, what did Prince Charming know about Cinderella besides her shoe size? ~ Melissa Kantor

Tonight was a perfect illustration of why Cinderella and the Prince get married twenty-four hours after they meet. Because when you're living with your stepmother, there is no happily ever after. ~ Melissa Kantor

Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all. ~ Melissa Rosenberg

Trust me, you will get plenty of "advice" from everyone and anyone on the best way to do things, and remember that you don't have to take any of it. Know that whatever you choose, THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU AND SUPPORT YOU THE MOST WON'T MAKE THE DAY ABOUT THEM, they'll make it about you and him, and show up to celebrate your special day regardless of what you decide to do. ~ Melissa Hill

Do you fear that life without the internet would be boring, empty, or joyless?

No, I think it would be beautiful. I imagine myself on a rocky beach, clutching something green. It's probably seaweed, but maybe it's moss. I drink a lot of chamomile tea. I "show up" for myself. Yeah, it would be empty. ~ Melissa Broder

Well, I think one of the problems with 'Birds of Prey' was there were too many cooks in that kitchen. The studio, the producers, the network, all had very different visions of what that should be. They should have just let Laeta Kalogridis control that. Instead they decided to try to get their hands in the mix. ~ Melissa Rosenberg

But it's not always as set as that. Some things, though, feel like they're right. You and me? It's one of those things. I don't know why they see or why things are such a mess, but in the middle of it all, I do know that being around you is one of tue best things that happened to me in, well, ever. ~ Melissa Marr

I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there. ~ Melissa Leo

People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and it is difficult, it can be very difficult, and it can be extremely healing.' That's what I have found, that the children are mirrors. Everyone is a mirror, but children especially because they're day and night and all day long. ~ Melissa Etheridge

It almost felt like we were driving in our own world
like we were inside a snow globe
and there was music and sunlight and smiles and laughter floating in the air. And it was all self-contained in a beautiful bubble filled with glittering water that made things seem a little unreal, a little dream-like and hazy. ~ Melissa C. Walker

Creative vision creates art" - he motioned around the gallery - "that shows the rest of the world a new angle. That's beautiful thing."
"Or some sort of madness", she said. ~ Melissa Marr

Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once, to see him in this light, but now that she saw his terrifying face, she found it beautiful. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

I'm not sure where to start." He pulled me into his arms. "Anywhere. I'll listen." He always did. ~ Melissa Haag

An external attribution exists to make you feel less shitty. It's a handy tool, wherein you perceive anything positive that happens to you as a mistake, subjective, and/or never a result of your own goodness. Negative things, alternately, are the objective truth. And they're always your fault. ~ Melissa Broder

I want to be healthy. ~ Melissa McCarthy

I'm very ticklish. They say being tickled is a form of torture. ~ Melissa Sagemiller

Have compassion. Even though Type A's can be controlling, know they are as tough or tougher with themselves. ~ Melissa Heisler

Rejoice as summer should ... chase away sorrows by living. ~ Melissa Marr

My kids and I love to listen to Bill Cosby. ~ Melissa Etheridge

One more salt to try," Kellan said, reaching into the box. He brought a jar of black, flaky crystals up to the light. "Black diamond finishing salt. Extremely rare and too bold for those with meek palates. But, for a true connoisseur, the flavor is incomparable." He lowered her head and torso to the ground and pushed her sweater up to expose her stomach and ribs. "I want to sample it on your skin. ~ Melissa Cutler

So, how was your afternoon with the two bitches in the flesh?" Finn inquired. I laughed but didn't correct him. Should I have? God, I was so lost. If I was a Queen Bitch with Claire and Melissa, was I one with Finn too? Should I have acted bitchy this entire time? Should I now? Someone please hand me a Coma for Dummies book. ~ Emily Ruben

My heart is so wrapped up in you that you're my hopes and dreams. ~ Melissa Foster

For many women, the experience of prostitution stems from the historical trauma of colonization. ~ Melissa Farley

Do you ever wonder if what you look at is the same thing everyone else is seeing?'
He went even stiller at her side. 'Sometimes I'm sure it isn't the same ... but that's not so bad is it? Seeing the world in a different way?'
Creative vision creates art' he motioned around the gallery 'that shows the rest of the world a new angle. That's a beautiful thing. ~ Melissa Marr

My stomach quivered as I watched him walk to the side of the bed. His dark charcoal gray sweater emphasized his broad shoulders; a white t-shirt was slightly visible at the V-neck. ~ Melissa A. Hanson

Sometimes there's power in the act; sometimes there's strength in words ~ Melissa Marr

alternate universe where! daughters of immigrants / are not overwhelmed by all that they are / supposed to be... ~ Melissa Lozada-Oliva

It feels just right that he's here, one of the pages ripped from my story, slotted back exactly where it's supposed to be. ~ Melissa Keil

There is no such thing as magic," she told me. "You can b e l i e v e all you want, but it's never going to do you any good. Nobody flies. We only fall ~ Melissa DeCarlo

The book had been the key: it showed him a secret world that existed alongside the daily, humdrum one, but that seemed invisible to most people. The birds weren't just things flapping about in the background; they had lives, just like people did: they got married, had families, fought each other and died, and so did the foxes and the squirrels and everything else. And it was happening all the time and all around him, not just in TV programmes, or in Africa or wherever. It was all going on, secretly and without anything to do with people; and TC longed, longed, to belong to it all. ~ Melissa Harrison

I do think that we have to be careful not to assume that getting a perm or wearing a blonde wig is a desire for whiteness. It may or may not be. Listen, I live in a poor black neighborhood where women wear blue hair, green hair, and all kinds of stuff. So, I simply see it as a different set of choices. ~ Melissa Harris-Perry

I just want you to see out there, where it's blue and wild and full of adventure. And then I want you to see in here, where there's a warm yellow glow and your family is making dinner and your mom and dad are dancing and your little sister is hoping that you'll throw a smile her way. ~ Melissa C. Walker

He turned her in his arms and gazed into the eyes of the woman he'd met over diapers and baby food and fallen in love with one second at a time ever since. ~ Melissa Foster

When Sebastian, cearly delighted to be treated like one of the guys, didn't move, Alex bared his teeth. "Depeche-toi!"
Sebastian depeched. Alex turned back, all Cheshire cat smile.
"No," I said.
"No what?"
"No,you are not going to teach me all the cool words so I can go to Chamonix and be conversational."
"Good." He leaned in so I could see the faint dusting of freckles on his nose and smell spearmint gum. "Chamonix is so 1990s. Everyone who is anyone goes to Courchevel these days."
I turned on my heel and started to walk off.
"Jeez. Ella." He loped after me. "What if your problem? Conversational, my ass. Talking to you is like dancing around a fire in paper shoes."
I stopped. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"It's an expression my Ukranian babushka likes. I'll explain it at our first turtoring session."
I scowled at his shirt. This one had what looked like a guy riding a dolphin instead of the ubiquitos alligator or polo player. "There isn't going to be a tutoring session."
"Winslow seems to think otherwise."
"Wouldn't be the first thing she's wrong about," I muttered.
He gave an impressive sigh. The dolphin lurched, but the little guy on it held tight. "You don't want to fail French, do you? That would be a serious admission of weakness from an Italian girl."
I almost smiled. Instead, I announced. "Fuhgeddaboudit. I'll buy a 'Teach Your Poodle French in Ten Easy Lessons' online. Problem solved, and Winslo ~ Melissa Jensen

Bill walked slowly to Cara's dressed and leaned on the edge, folding his arms as the pine creaked under his weight. Even the furniture feared this man. ~ Melissa Landers

You know its more than that. I know now that it was right that I didn't find my queen all these years. Waiting for you was worth everything that I thought I couldn't endure. ~ Melissa Marr

Why did tears make people treat you like a five-year-old when usually they meant something grown-up was going on inside? ~ Melissa Nathan

Leave him."
Mimi held Kingsley's gaze. "I can't... ~ Melissa De La Cruz

According to Melissa Mailey, we now live in a world where kings and noblemen rule the roost. And they've turned all of central Europe - our home, now, ours and our children's to come - into a raging inferno. We are surrounded by a Ring of Fire. Well, I've fought forest fires before. So have lots of other men in this room. The best way to fight [such] a fire is to start a counterfire. So my position is simple. I say we start the American Revolution - a hundred and fifty years ahead of schedule! ~ Michael Stearns

And what exactly are we starting?" I ask.
"Don't play games right now, Melissa. Babe, you know just as good as I do that me and you are happening. This isn't some cheap thrill. You feel it, but if you need me to remind you, just let me know. ~ Harper Sloan

He'd start slow. But he would woo his wife. No matter what personality lay behind the veneer of beauty, she was the only wife he had. And that made her worth it. ~ Melissa Jagears

from our dinner guests. I almost blanched just thinking the word guest. ~ Melissa Haag

There are times I wish things hadn't changed between us. Sometimes I wish I didn't know ... " - Harper. "Know what? That's we're perfect for each other?" - Brandon ~ Melissa Cutler

Just because the situation turned out kind of messed up doesn't mean that my memories aren't valid," he says. "They're still true,still real. ~ Melissa C. Walker

One minute you could be getting a smoke in the alley on the Lower East Side with your friends, having drinks and dancing on tables in a popular nightclub. And the next minute, you could be dead. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

This pursuit of unavailable distant people has oedipal roots.
… fearing the consequences, they make certain that they fail at the attempt."
―Distancing, Kantor (p.115) ~ Kantor

How did the date go?"
"Bad. A text-a-holic...."
"Not the good kind of trouble."
"There's only one thing to say when this happens."
"What's that?"
"Next. ~ Melissa McClone

I was spinning - from the kiss, the alcohol or the lack of air, I wasn't sure, but I knew I needed to pull away if only just to breath. ~ Melissa Aragon

His expression mirrored what I felt - the black-hole suck of exhaustion that strikes after a trauma. When everything has changed and your messed-up brain is flying around the stars - then your body and all its needs imposes itself, cutting you off from madness. ~ Melissa Albert

I'd stop anyone from taking that smile from you. I would, if I were allowed. ~ Melissa Marr

If I do not believe that I as a woman deserve pizza, what does that say of my views of other women? ~ Melissa Broder