“On the days it’s hard to get out of bed, I remember the only way it gets better is if I actually get out. There will never be sunshine if I keep the blinds permanently shut.”Tagged: Tired, Sleep, Wake Up
“Sometimes I consider pretending morning never arrived. I can slip back to sleep and blame it on an eternal nighttime. If I shut the blinds, who could even tell the difference?”Tagged: Tired, Sleep, Morning
“I’m always digging my nails into places they shouldn’t be.”Tagged: Life, Pain, Nostalgia, Quote of the Moment
“Your phone beeps and you shouldn’t care. Your phone beeps and you should probably put it on silent.”Tagged: Texting, Phone, Alerts
“If you text and he doesn’t respond, you’ll just feel shittier.”Tagged: Texting, Response, Depression
“Women are strong, complex, incredible human beings. Believe it or not, women don’t need you to save them.”Tagged: Women, Strong, complex, H4D-9
“At its worst, anxiety can feel like death. At its best, anxiety feels like a cramping stomach.”Tagged: Anxiety, Anxious, H4D-16
“He tells me, ‘Don’t write about me.’ Automatically, I say, ‘Okay.’ Only later do I think about what this means. Only later do I realize how stifling this is. Never do I set out to hurt anyone. Never do I write to be vindictive. Still, I have a story. Am I not allowed to share that? Am I not allowed…”Tagged: Writing, How to be a writer
“It’s not something I tell my friends about anymore. I don’t want to see disapproving faces. I just want your mouth on mine.”Tagged: Good writing, Love, How to be good at love, Sex
“The only way you ruin your life is by believing you did.”Tagged: Ruining Your Life, Life, life advice, Quote of the Moment
“The best relationships are the ones that come as a surprise, when your feelings totally sneak attack you.”Tagged: Best Relationships, Surprises, H4D-29
“You don’t always love you. I mean, I don’t always love me. I mean, I don’t know. I’m confusing my Yous and Is and sometimes writing about myself turns into this amorphous blob and there’s nothing poetic about it. Just scattered. And messy. A lot like me, actually.”Tagged: hating yourself, Self-Love, Growth, Quote of the Moment
“Always be careful in dreamland. Imaginations are powerful, wonderful gifts, until it’s all you have holding you at night.”Tagged: Quote of the Moment, crushes, Imagination, Fantasy
“I think about you more than I think about myself and I’m pretty sure that’s the entire idea behind love.”Tagged: In love, Thinking of You, H4D-49
“Love is more gentle and understanding & sometimes joking about all the things that used to hurt.”Tagged: Love, Poetry, What love is
“A genuine compliment about something you worked hard on. Not that you need it, but having validation on a thing you killed yourself over is some kind of magic.”Tagged: Good Things