“Let 2018 be the year where you can sip coffee by yourself and not feel lonely. Let it be the year where you don’t need anyone’s company but your own. Let 2018 be the year you fill your heart up with good thoughts, with brilliant thoughts about yourself and about your future.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“You don’t deserve to feel that you’re not good enough for someone. You don’t deserve to feel that you need to be heartless in order not to get hurt.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“I fear being alone more than anything else. So why do I do this? Why do I push away the people I love? What is so very wrong with me?”— Victoria Aveyard, amazon.com
“You can only push someone away so long before they realize that the hurt and disappointment and lonely nights were not worth it.”— Abigail Jacks, thoughtcatalog.com
“You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.”— Napoleon Hill, amazon.com
“Holding on to my bad feelings about this is doing nothing but harming me, and everyone else, and preventing me from enjoying my life fully. I am an awesome person. I choose to enjoy my life. I choose to let this go.”— Jen Sincero, amazon.com
“There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.”— Rhonda Byrne, amazon.com
“You taught me that anyone who promises you forever is lying to you. You taught me that hurt is a natural part of love. You taught me how flawed expectations are as a whole.”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.com
“Friends wouldn’t lead you on like they have. And friends sure as hell don’t wake up in bed next to each other saying it meant nothing.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s okay if you’re a mess, if you’re still ‘figuring it out,’ if your lost or trying to find your way—life isn’t about having it all together, but about moving forward—day by day, step by step.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I hope that you never, even for a second, utter the words 'no one is ever going to want me' or 'I’m never going to be enough for someone' because those phrases could not be further from the truth.”— Liz Newman, thoughtcatalog.com
“I'm good at being distant to keep me safe from the possibility of people leaving.”— Brooke Makenna Richards, instagram.com
“I loved you like I was going to lose you. Yet here I am, grasping at thin air and wondering why I was left behind.”— Orenda, instagram.com
“When you love someone, you don’t take that love for granted. You treat them with kindness. You give them respect. You never even think about cheating on them. When you love someone, you don’t screw them over.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Finding a man who pursues you, loves you, and values you, is a thing. Living life along side your best friend is a thing. It’s not easy to find, but it exists.”— Mandy Dobbelmann, thoughtcatalog.com
“If I respected myself, I would have walked away so much sooner instead of accepting the treatment that was given to me.”— Jules Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Walk away from the boy who only sees you as a placeholder or someone to kill time with. Walk away from the boy who can’t see your worth from the beginning.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com