“Contrast is important in life. We understand what light is because we can compare it with what we know is dark. Sweet is made sweeter after we eat something bitter. It’s the very same with sadness.”Tagged: Part and Parcel, Yin And Yang, Contrast, ☯☯☯
“I think it’s hard for you to fall in love because you like control, and you can’t control what another person does or feels, so you keep all your cards.”Tagged: Love, Control
“Life is but a carousel of four seasons. Unpredictable for the most part. Happy. Unhappy. Content. Searching. Mess up the order, and they still rebound at one point or another.”Tagged: The Seasons of Our Lives, Change, Metaphors, Life Metaphors
“You’re just raw, and yourself, and beautiful. You don’t need anything from anyone, unless it’s the kind of love that chooses you first, always.”Tagged: Choose Yourself, You Are Beautiful, Encouraging
“That’s the worst thing about being young. You really have no clue about all the changes that are coming. And when they come, no matter how people have warned you, you are genuinely surprised.”Tagged: Youth, Being Young, Change
“Don’t be upset that you can’t attain constant happiness. It’s the quickest way to feel like a failure in life. If each of our lives represented a page in a book, happiness would be the punctuation. It breaks up the parts that are too long. It closes off some things, divides others. But it’s brief—…”Tagged: Be Gentle, How To Treat Yourself, Just Be Content, Content
“This is something I’ve learned. You can’t run away to find yourself. Yourself is there no matter where you go.”Tagged: Run Away, Why You Can't Run Away From Your Problems, Yourself
“When people resolve themselves to something, it becomes very difficult to feel anything but that resolve.”Tagged: Commitment, Knowing What You Want, Firm Decisions
“I am what I am. I marvel at how yearning can make you disintegrate. And to keep from disappearing all together, you must rebuild yourself.”Tagged: Rebuild, Come Back To Life
“That causes an ache deep in my chest. To know that there are guys willing to drop their shopping bags to catch their girl. And I want someone to love me that effortlessly.”Tagged: Love, Wanting Love, Need Someone
“Who wants to hide from the truth? Maybe people who have had too much of it. Or people who have had too little. Or people who are too shallow to appreciate its hard edges. #TRUTH”Tagged: Too Much Reality, Run Away
“No one tells you that it hurts this much to be a grown-up. That people are so complicated they end up hurting each other to self preserve.”Tagged: Adulthood, Growing Up, This Is Life
“Embrace the lows so that you can more effectively enjoy the highs. Love the fight. Love it so much, and let it save you when your emotional muscles have become soft.”Tagged: Struggle, Overcoming Abuse
“I am crouched in the trashy novel section, looking for cheap thrills and deep skills.”Tagged: Fuck Love
“Let people feel the weight of who you really are, and let them fucking deal with it.”Tagged: Commitment, Knowing What You Want, Firm Decisions, Your Power
“And when disloyal, seed-sowing scum buckets slept with other girls, why did women look inward to find fault in themselves?”Tagged: Cheating, Men Cheat, When Men Cheat, Bad Boyfriends
“The more she likes me, the more closed off she becomes. The more sarcasm she inflicts on me. Vulnerability makes her feel weak.”Tagged: Attraction, guarded, vulnerability, Weakness
“I want to feel that again. I want to remember what it feels like to love someone like that. And not just anyone. I want to know what it feels like to love...”Tagged: Love, romance, Special Person, Special Someone, Loving Someone
“I think that after the first time you give your heart away, you never get it back. The rest of your life is just you pretending that you still have a heart.”Tagged: heart, Love, Giving Love, Falling In Love