“You are not defined by your pain, by your past, by what has broken you. You are defined by how you believe and by how you rise.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Because when a man cares, you know it. He’s showing up. He’s giving his all. He’s there even when things are unpleasant. And he’s trying.”— Kris Miller, thoughtcatalog.com
“You know who is right for you? The person who is everything you love about your ex, except for the part that hurt you.”— Lilly Singh, amazon.com
“A common misconception about strong women is that we don’t need the hand-holding, the flowers, and the nice gestures, and what I’ve found to be true is that it’s the strong women who want it the most.”— Nicole Curtis, amazon.com
“I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.”— Queen Latifah, amazon.com
“I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist.”— Stephen Chbosky, amazon.com
“They were supposed to make you happy. They were supposed to make you feel safe and secure. Instead, they're just making you miserable.”— N.B., instagram.com
“I'll never understand why you have to send less emojis so you don't sound too excited. Why you have to hold off for a couple hours o reply to a text because you don't want to seem like you're too attached.”— A. Davis, instagram.com
“You’re going to find a love with someone who accepts that your walls were built for protection. Someone who shows you they’d never try to hurt you like the ones before them did.”— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com
“I automatically assume people won't like me, so I don't talk to them unless they approach me first. I can't become a part of a crowd because I can't get past that feeling that I don't belong.”— Stephanie Kuehnert, amazon.com
“We don't get to choose who we love. Or stop loving them when they're difficult.”— Jessica Spotswood, amazon.com
“He doesn’t have to love your CD collection. He doesn’t have to love your shoes. But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to love your friends and family.”— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com
“Here is one of the worst things about having someone you love die: It happens again every single morning.”— Anna Quindlen, amazon.com
“Happy. I honestly can't remember the last time someone used that word to describe me.”— Riley Sager, amazon.com
“Make her absolutely certain that there is no place you’d rather be on earth than right there, right then, right with her.”— Valentina Rayas, thoughtcatalog.com
“No matter where the two of you may be, he always says good night because he knows the little things like this are really the big things.”— Shani Jay, thoughtcatalog.com
“You get jealous easily and tend to get attached in relationships, which is why you hurt most when it ends.”— Nicole Ling, thoughtcatalog.com
“Stay single until you meet someone who is willing to make sacrifices. The person who meets you halfway. The one who proves they are as into it as you are.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com