“If she’s not happy with we’re just friends or we’re just seeing where things go, it’s not because she’s clingy or needy or desperate. It’s because she really likes you.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“That's how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can't experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too.”— Kaui Hart Hemmings, amazon.com
“Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.”— Rachel Cohn, amazon.com
“Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”— Shaun David Hutchinson, amazon.com
“Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.”— Sarah Addison Allen, amazon.com
“You keep saying 'I'm fine' to people when you're not fine. You think you should be fine. You keep saying to yourself: 'Why aren't I fine?’”— Sophie Kinsella, amazon.com
“Be a lady? Forget it. Ladies don't last a day in the real word. No one's a lady anymore.”— Crystal Woods, amazon.com
“I don’t agree on spending time with someone who is more attached to his cell phone than he is to me.”— Mohamed Ghazi, amazon.com
“Just because a couple parts ways doesn't mean there wasn't love at the center of their story.”— Chelsea Leigh Trescott, instagram.com
“Maybe the fear of loving you has to do with the fear of me losing myself in you only to someday lose you too.”— Ava Shêzori, instagram.com
“It's funny how what you're used to seems like it's right even if it's bad.”— Lisa Wingate, amazon.com
“Don’t settle for the liars. Don’t settle for the players and the people who promise you nothing.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes we have to truly wallow in our misery so we can learn how to bask in our happiness. Sometimes we have to lose all hope before we find unwavering faith.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“The person you deserve will make it obvious. They will put in the effort. It should be effortless. Relationships don’t have to be hard.”— Kristin Rattigan, thoughtcatalog.com
“A strong woman won’t go back to the person who broke her heart because she understands that she can’t get happiness from the same place she lost it.”— Rayi Noormega, thoughtcatalog.com
“Date someone who chooses to love you the way you deserve and who shows you what love really is, every day of his life.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are like Rapunzel in your castle—protected by walls of stone, you’ll let down your long hair and allow Mr. Right to climb in once you have feelings for him. But you need to be coaxed just a little bit before you let him climb up into your heart.”— Alana Capri, thoughtcatalog.com
“Be sensitive. Feel things. Cry in the bathtub. And then be kind. Be empathetic. Fight back with everything you’ve got. Serve others. Go to sleep. Do it again.”— Jillian Stacia, instagram.com