“Trust means that they will never throw our pain and vulnerabilities in our face. Trust means we know they will protect us and our innermost thoughts and shared feelings without question.”— Cathy Burnham Martin, amazon.com
“We were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.com
“It takes us awhile to open up to the person we are falling for. Why? Because our anxiety gives us reasons to feel paranoid even if there’s no reason to be.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Maybe he will come back, maybe he won't, but either way, you've got to live through this.”— Marian Keyes, amazon.com
“He just didn’t care enough to make it work, and that’s something I had to come to terms with. He cared for me, there’s no doubt about that, but not in the way that I should have been cared for.”— Vivien Tran, thoughtcatalog.com
“I knew what happened when you let yourself get close to someone, when you started to believe they loved you: you'd be disappointed.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com
“I don’t know what it is, but he makes me want to knock down all the walls I’ve put up and let him inside. And it scares the shit out of me.”— Kandi Steiner, amazon.com
“She’s the kind of girl you know you’ll want forever with and forever will still not be enough.”— Nina D'Angelo, amazon.com
“I deserve to be happy. I'm sad it took me so long to get that. But I get it now”— Susane Colasanti, amazon.com
“It’s okay to wait for someone to sweep you off your feet and there is definitely nothing wrong with being picky until that special someone comes around to change your ways.”— Christie Lynn, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are so forgiving and understanding. Even when people disappoint you, you continue loving them.”— Kris Miller, thoughtcatalog.com
“Find someone who will never make you ask for help or support or just a hand to hold because they are there, always. Because they understand. Because they love you.”— Rose Goodman, thoughtcatalog.com
“I'd shed a lot of tears over him, lost a lot of sleep, eaten a lot of cake batter. Somehow, I had to move on. Life would be hell if I didn't shake loose from the grip he had on my heart.”— Kristan Higgins, amazon.com
“Have you ever wanted somebody that you shouldn’t?”— Jenji Kohan, Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, Taryn Manning, imdb.com
“Introverts take a while to open up, but once they do, they cling on tightly. They trust you with their whole hearts and love you with their whole souls.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Choose the guy who finds your clinginess and double texting cute not annoying.”— Cantika Rustandi, thoughtcatalog.com
“For once, let love be a feeling that doesn't have to hurt. Let it be a potion that grows you, rather than a poison that slowly kills you.”— Ava, instagram.com
“Have the balls to fulfill her expectations -- although after everything that has happened with her, she doesn't really have any.”— Simran Bagga, instagram.com
“You don’t have to date people to fall in love with them. And you don’t have to date people to get hurt by them.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com