I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.

- Simone Elkeles

being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you.

- Simone Elkeles

When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are piercing mine, and I can swear at this moment he s…

- Simone Elkeles

Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person. It's not always easy, that's for sure. But it's right. And sometimes …

- Simone Elkeles

Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?

- Simone Elkeles

You’re dangerous,” he says. “Why?” “Because you make me believe in the impossible

- Simone Elkeles

Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

- Simone Elkeles

It's pure instinct that makes me rebel every time someone tries to control my life and hand out more rules.

- Simone Elkeles

If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now.

- Simone Elkeles