25 Poetic Ari Eastman Quotes That Put Into Words Everything Our Heart Feels But We Don't Always Understand

“I am sorry they mistook your kindness for weakness, Don’t they know? It takes a strong heart to pump all this blood, all this trying, all this willingness to be open when everyone around is trying to force you closed. You warrior with a purple heart. You lover with a Grand Canyon of possibility. The…”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“we burned down every building we ever touched and still had the audacity to call it love.”

— Ari [B]eastman (@arieastman), instagram.com

“You loved. And that’s the most beautiful thing any of us can do.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“I keep loving loudly. I keep trying, giving myself and my heart and everything else I have to give. And I’m not sorry for it. I’m not sorry for being this way, for not holding back. I’m not sorry for wanting to take a chance that could leave me bruised and embarrassed than to not say I tried at all.…”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“If I care about you, you’ll know it with every word I use. You’ll see it in every action I perform. I don’t want you to question how I feel. I’m not interested in pretending to be someone I’m not. I’m not afraid to text you first.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“When he tells you he wants you only to soften the blow of what will come next, do not allow your heart to believe she is safe. Send her on a rocket ship to the moon, or sun, or anywhere far enough that his words won’t reach. Let lack of gravity do its job.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“You’re single because you know what you deserve and you haven’t found it yet. And you know that being with the wrong someone is often worse than being alone. You’re single because you just are. And frankly, you don’t owe anyone an explanation. You don’t ever owe the world an answer.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“Your softness is power. Your softness is what keeps you trudging onward. Kiss those who doubt you goodbye, and hope that they find the inner kindness you already possess.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“You owe it to yourself to have the kind of love that sticks around. Something mutual, something that feels safe and taken care of. The kind of feeling that only increases with strength the longer you’re together.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“I was not made to love quietly. I have never known how to do it. I shout my emotions without thinking twice. I unzip myself for the entire world to see.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“It’s easy to get lost in just how difficult this world can be.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“This is where we love, and though it’s been months, you still taste like my favorite day.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“My pain is just as valid as my joy.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“I want to kiss the kindness inside you. I want you to be loved in the exact way you love. We’re both ready with our, “You met me at a really weird time in my life…” monologues and I want to rehearse lines with you.”

— Ari Eastman, Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“You arrived in town like a tidal wave.”

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“Nothing makes a lost person feel more alone than telling them there’s no need to be found.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“When it’s right, you won’t be swimming in doubts.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“Truthfully, I am much stronger than most people give me credit for.”

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“Sadness does not have a home in me when he’s around.”

— Ari Eastman, amazon.com

“Your apologies hang heavy like the skeleton of the man I once thought I’d marry. I loved you more than I knew what to do with most days. But I do not know you now. And this stranger you’ve become makes my stomach hurt.”

— Ari Eastman, amazon.com

“You know I am a past of breaking and still call it beautiful.”

— Ari Eastman, amazon.com

“Your name is still stitched somewhere on the back of my throat.”

— Ari Eastman, amazon.com

“She’s human, full of faults and weaknesses. She messes up. She trips and gets embarrassed when her face collides with concrete. But through it all, she’s got a fierceness that never goes out. She’s a warrior, a survivor, full of light and darkness. What an amazing gift, to know these women. To be al…”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“You have loved before. There have been important people who carved initials into your heart. You have memories that I don’t expect to erase. I have them too. They were all valid. They all served a purpose. We don’t have to pretend we are each other’s firsts. We are each other’s now. To me, that’s so…”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“You deserve a love that won’t keep you up worrying. You deserve a love that feels like home. A love that is certain. A love that makes sense.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com