“If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.”— Tara Brach, psychologytoday.com
“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and pa…”— Roald Dahl, amazon.com
“You cannot pick and choose what parts of her to love. Just as you cannot pick which parts of me you accept.”— Sarah J. Maas, amazon.com
“The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.”— Douglas Kennedy, amazon.com
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”— Mahatma Gandhi, goodreads.com
“Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure.”— Baruch Spinoza, goodreads.com
“We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be vulnerable.”— Madeleine L'Engle, amazon.com
“That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.”— Deb Caletti, amazon.com
“People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.”— Jonathan Carroll, jonathancarrollstories.tumblr.com
“If you persistently seek validation from others, you will inadvertently invalidate your own self-worth.”— Dodinsky, facebook.com
“I’m still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can’t complain.”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”— Carl Rogers, amazon.com