“We all have to set our terrors and our scars and our disappointments and our heartbreaks aside and move forward with an open heart.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“We all want love, but we’re terrified to be seen and to see people because joy is the most vulnerable of all human emotions.”— Brené Brown, Herself, Brené Brown, imdb.com
“At the center of vulnerability, we find shame, fear, grief, anxiety, uncertainty, scarcity, but this also the birthplace of love belong and joy.”— Brené Brown, Herself, Brené Brown, imdb.com
“Well, it turns out life is not a meritocracy. If you show up, even in the most perfect human form, you will get your heart broken. You just will. That's part of the deal. No one gets out unscathed, unless they stay home.”— Karen Kilgariff, amazon.com
“Love is more powerful than reason. We all know that.”— David Benioff, Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage, imdb.com
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”— Tom Bodett, amazon.com
“When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“This is the kind of thing that makes the wise 2019 version of me very hornèd.”— Blythe Roberson, thecut.com
“The prospect of spending a few hours with a stranger fills me with apathy. I’m also wary of both my instincts and the guidance of others.”— Justin Chen, nytimes.com
“It was not a competition, but there was a push. I felt him pushing me to be more of the person I used to be and more of who I wanted to be.”— Karla Marie-Rose Derus, nytimes.com
“There’s a difference between someone who loves the idea of you and someone who’s in love with you.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“i do not beg. i do not ask for forgiveness. i do not hold my breath while he finishes. the man tells me he does not love me, and he does not love me. the man tells me who he is, and i listen. i have so much beautiful time.”— Olivia Gatwood, amazon.com
“Polyamory is about understanding that there is no such thing as a ‘perfect’ individual partner for you.”— Alyssa Henley, broadly.vice.com
“When people say, ‘I want to start a business,’ my question is always, ‘Why?’ Because there’s got to be a mission — there’s got to be a reason you’re doing it so that no matter how hard it is, you want to keep doing it over and over and over again, because you love it.”— Elizabeth Holmes, fortune.com
“Maybe right now, you are being given a chance to reclaim your joy, to make it the most natural extension of who you are, to let it spill out of your words, and your laughter, and your tears — to let it be something you believe you are worthy of, to let it be something you believe you deserve.”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com