Melissa Cesarano:  

Melissa is from Floral Park, New York. Melissa's schools include John Lewis Childs Elementary School, Floral Park Memorial High School. Melissa later attended University of Pennsylvania (Cognitive Neuroscience, English Literature) . Music Melissa likes includes DJ DK, Greg Oliveras, Four Tet (Official). Books Melissa likes include Frankenstein, Notes From the Underground, 1984. Movies Melissa likes include A Beautiful Mind, The Godfather, Bridesmaids. TV shows Melissa likes include Teen Wolf, Jersey Shore, The Buried Life. One of Melissa's favorite quotes is:""If I knew the world would come to an end tomorrow, I'd still plant an apple tree today" "A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. " “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” "here is the deepest secret nobody knows/(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud/and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows/higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)/and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart" "The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people." "The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But in love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously an image of life's most intense fulfillment. The heavier the burden, the...Expand for more