To All The Girls Who Are Tired Of Being Told They're Too Emotional

“Never apologize for how you feel. No one can control how they feel. The sun doesn’t apologize for being the sun. The rain doesn’t say sorry for falling. Feelings just are.”

— Iain Thomas, amazon.com

“Every moment should be lived with feeling and emotion because if we try to decipher it and understand it, the magic disappears”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Emotions aren't a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength and passion.”

— Demi Lovato, amazon.com

“Don’t apologize for your feelings. Feelings are feelings. I don’t believe any person has the right to judge or question the way you feel.”

— Erika Wuelfrath, thoughtcatalog.com

“I have to remember that feelings won’t kill me. But running from them can.”

— Zara Barrie, elitedaily.com

“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.”

— Andrea Gibson, amazon.com

“Healing is really just letting yourself feel. It is unearthing your traumas and embarrassments and losses and allowing yourself the emotions that you could not have in the moment that you were having those experiences.”

— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com

“Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten.”

— Shannon L. Alder, psychicbloggers.com

“At least you have the courage to feel. You feel everything so deeply.”

— Kelly Preston, Kim Miller, amazon.com

“Cry. When you're happy and when you're sad; embrace your emotions as they come.”

— Mackenzie Newcomb, elitedaily.com

“We need to move away from this constant need of coming across as calm, cool and collected. WE WEREN’T BUILT TO BE CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED. If we were, it wouldn’t feel so fucking exhausting all the time. It would, you know, come naturally to us. You know what comes naturally to human beings though…”

— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com

“Some people say, ‘Never let them see you cry.’ I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

“If you love someone, tell him or her. Forget about the rules or the fear of looking ridiculous. What is truly ridiculous is passing up on an opportunity to tell someone that your heart is invested in him or her”

— Unknown, pinterest.com

“That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.”

— John Green, Augustus Waters, amazon.com

“If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you're scared that it's not the right thing. Even if you're scared that it'll cause problems. Even if you're scared that it will burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you say it loud and you go from there.”

— Mark, amazon.com

“She had a very inconvenient heart. It always insisted on feeling things ever so deeply.”

— John Mark Green, johnmarkgreenpoetry.tumblr.com

“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.”

— Mitch Albom, amazon.com