“It’s not their fault for leaving, but it is your fault for refusing to let go.”— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.com
“The thing is, loving someone is not always easy. Relationships take work, hard work.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“You may be sensitive, but you’re a damn fighter. You’re strong. You have a backbone, a brain, and a heart that is forever absorbing the energy from the people around you.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Your absence was the beginning of me finding myself. Your absence was the beginning of me learning to distance myself from people like you.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“You didn't date someone to change him. You dated him because you wanted him for the way he was. Flaws and fears and all.”— Jean Oram, amazon.com
“You’ll never find the love you’re seeking when you continue to go back to these men that broke you in hopes they’ll be the one who puts you back together.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don’t give up on people easily because I only let others into my life when I feel like they are worth it — and when they prove to me they are not, I have a hard time dealing with it. I have a difficult time letting go.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“I can't keep doing this to myself, getting my hopes up so high, only to have them come crashing down. I can't keep waiting for him to come to his senses, having my whole emotional state rest on what he decides.”— Abby McDonald, amazon.com
“Maybe before you start flirting with boys and kissing boys and trying to date boys, you should know who you are and where you stand.”— Jill Santopolo, amazon.com
“My dream is to find a guy who'll love me despite my flaws and won't turn away from me when a perfect girl walks by. Maybe a boy like that doesn't even exist.”— Simone Elkeles, amazon.com
“To feel is to hurt. To hurt is to care. To care is to share. To share is to grow. To grow is to love. And to love is to be human.”— Stephanie Anne, instagram.com
“Have faith. For it is not love that wronged you but the people you confused it with.”— Orenda, instagram.com
“Depression was never a choice -- it is an obligation that I must always attend to.”— E. V.⠀ R O G I N A ❦, instagram.com
“I'm not an actress but my anxiety has turned me into one. You only see the outer me having a good time. You don't see the inner me, bleeding and begging to just go home.”— Abirami P. Kurukkal, instagram.com
“If he can’t commit to you — walk away from him, don’t look back, move somewhere, and have hopes that along the way, you’ll bump into a guy who will not even think twice about considering you as one of the most important persons in his life.”— Angelo Caerlang, thoughtcatalog.com