“I am reminded that when untruths go unaddressed for too long, they can become fixed.”— Deray Mckesson, twitter.com
“The more quickly we learn and accept the humanity in each other, the more quickly we can work together -- on behalf of all living things.”— Eric Holthaus, twitter.com
“nightclub, n.: I can only feel comfortable at a club where anyone of any shape or size or age can be a member.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“If you told me today our being together would result in heartbreak, I would still choose to be with you because I believe that truly living life is in the experiences, not the outcomes.”— Kathryn Vance-Perez, amazon.com
“Some will love you for who you are; others will love the mask you wear.”— Garrett Nickelsen, amazon.com
“I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“This is me accepting that I might not be enough for myself today, but I will be someday, and everything will be okay again.”— Nicole Low, thoughtcatalog.com
“I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”— Sam Keen, amazon.com
“You’ve got a good heart I like that about you. You’re always in trouble and I like that too.”— Clementine Von Radics, clementinepoetry.us
“You taught me that there is such a thing as unconditional love; when you found a way to love me, in the condition I was in.”— William Chapman, williamchapmanwritings.tumblr.com
“Do not let anyone strip you down and burn you to the ground, this includes yourself. You do not need to rise from unnecessary ashes to become something beautiful.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“I am starting to accept that you never loved me. And it’s sad because I don’t think you see how beautiful you are to me. Your face was the light that chased away the shadows, every nightmare, every fear. But you burned out and now I’m learning to be afraid of the dark once again”— Sade Andria Zabala, amazon.com
“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.”— Alan Cohen, facebook.com
“I will accept whether you do love me or not. In any given case, if you do not love, do not worry, there will always be someone capable of loving me.”— Jorge Bucay, amazon.com
“It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love.”— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com
“Come with all your shame, come with your swollen heart, I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than you.”— Warsan Shire, wordsfortheyear.com