“Don't pick up the phone. You know he's only calling cause he's drunk and alone.”— Dua Lipa, open.spotify.com
“She doesn't want to tell someone how she needs to be loved, she just wants someone who will love her without needing direction.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“Anything could go wrong any day of the week. What’s the point of worrying in advance?”— Judy Blume, amazon.com
“A pain in the leg means 'don't put pressure on this leg'; a pain in the mind means 'change the way you live'.”— Russell Brand, amazon.com
“The worst part of being truly alone is you think about all the times you wished that everyone would just leave you be. Then they do, and you are left being, and you turn out to be terrible company.”— John Green, amazon.com
“For so long, I've only had one-sided feelings for other people. I've completely forgotten how good it feels to be loved.”— Hinako Takanaga, amazon.com
“This was the pattern of my life: to love men who didn’t deserve me, and, knowing that, to yearn for their love anyway.”— Lisa Gardner, amazon.com
“Thank you for teaching me that I deserve better and that games are games for a reason and I no longer want to play.”— Madison Edwards, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being vulnerable, letting people in, getting hurt... it's all part of being in love.”— Jenny Han, amazon.com
“Allow yourself to heal. Stop punishing yourself for being alive.”— Caitlin Conlon, thoughtcatalog.com
“Heartbreak happens, mistakes happen, things might not always turn out the way you thought they would. Try to make the best of it, even if that seems impossible.”— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com
“This is me finally understanding that anything is not better than nothing. That nothing is better than almost. That I’m not going to waste any more time trying to convert guys who aren’t ready and wait for the ones who already are.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Tell your brain to shut up sometimes, when it’s being negative or panicky or afraid. Breathe.”— Sophie Wrenfield, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t keep anyone in your life who isn’t willing to reciprocate the love, energy, and effort that you give them.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com
“You have to give yourself a break. You can’t keep working yourself this hard. You can’t burn yourself out until there’s nothing left of you to give.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Not everything needs to be deeply analyzed or assessed. It’s fleeting. Temporary. Sometimes, you just need to observe and let it go. No attachments, no hanging on.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“I have to stop blaming myself. I have to stop believing that I'm the hard one to love.”— V (writersuniverse), instagram.com
“That's what this next year is all about. Figuring out who you want to be. Setting yourself up for success.”— Lisa Gardner, amazon.com
“For me, love is about the way you treat a person on a daily basis when no one else is around.”— Whitney Cummings, youtube.com