Kellie Elmore

“Maybe Heaven will be a library and then I might get to finish my ‘to-read’ list.”

“If we change our thoughts from 'it's too late' to, 'there's still hope', we might see some change in the world.”

“The train blows, just when I was forgetting. Forgetting that I am here alone. And I wonder if those cars got held up by its passing, just as I have yours.”

“That dip in the road- that sends your belly to your throat... that's how it feels when you kiss me.”

“I firmly disbelieve in death. A spirit never dies. Where it wanders when it leaves the flesh, is a cognitive proposition.”

“Sacrifices made for love are fine, unless the sacrifice is you.”

“It's summer and time for wandering...”

“Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.”

“Sometimes you have to put yourself in other people’s shoes to really understand the hardships of their souls.”

“You're surrounded by people and voices and noises, but there you are, alone and trembling inside. And you want to be invisible. (thinking) Please, don't notice me.”

“...what happens when you returnand find nothingbut a hollowed shell,shingles and floor,walls and echoesand the light that lead you herehas now burned outand the ones who built ithave traveled afarand you cant go to them,no matter what shoes you wear.”

“This town of churches and dreams; this town I thought I would lose myself in, with its backward ways and winding roads leading to nowhere; but, I found myself instead. -Magic in the Backyard (excerpt from American Honey)”