“Melanie, I think I know you from middle school… yeah, you're the girl that stood up for me when I was being called bad names, invited only "true friends" to your birthday party, and that could have but possibly chose not to run for student council because your life campaign speaks for itself: "just-be-friendly to everybody” - and people followed you. That's who you are to me.” 

- Janine E. Payne