“Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you. It is like eating a scorpion to punish it for stinging you.”— Matt Haig, amazon.com
“No woman on earth doesn’t give a fuck—no woman is that cool—she’s just hidden her fire. Likely, it’s burning her up.”— Glennon Doyle Melton, amazon.com
“This isn’t the part where I say I still care about you. This is the part where I’m really, completely, totally 100% sure I don’t.”— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are still going despite the shit life has thrown your way. All those times you thought you should just give up because it would be easier? Well, you didn’t. You’re still here and you’re kicking ass.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“The ugly honest truth is when he says he’s busy, that’s his way of saying he doesn’t care enough to make you a priority.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’m ready to settle down with someone I love. I want labels and I want to know the exact direction we’re going. I want familiarity and comfort and I want to find a home in someone.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“Leaving quickly is the best thing you can do. Don't think about it, don't look back, and don't think that what's behind you is better than what's in front because it's not.”— Celia McMahon, amazon.com
“She’s the nice girl who’s afraid to love you because she doesn’t want you to be like the rest of them. She doesn’t want you to be another disappointment, another let down.”— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com
“Life is about more than work and marriage and success. It’s about being a good person.”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.com
“They might have felt like they meant something to you. But the truth of the matter is, they were just a pit stop you had to make, in order to feel up for the journey to where you really belong.”— Ava, instagram.com
“Let 2018 be the year you finally burn with passion—for the things you create, the work you do, the relationships you build or fall into.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“She wants to stick around but she finds it easier to walk away. She finds it easier to be alone. She finds it easier to be selfishly guarded instead of getting hurt again.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“She will tell herself that love isn’t worth believing in. Because all she has ever been is hurt. Broken. Stepped on.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“She looks so happy right? But inside she's dying. She's hurt and tired. Tired of all the drama, tired of not being good enough, tired of life. But she doesn't want to look dramatic, weak or attention seeking so she keeps it all inside.”— Jayne Higgins, amazon.com
“Maybe a soulmate is supposed to challenge you to be the best version of yourself every single day, while still loving you, unconditionally, for the hot mess that you are.”— Andrea Davis, instagram.com
“What’s the difference between your boyfriend and a condom? Condoms have evolved: They’re not so thick and insensitive anymore.”— Anonymous, thoughtcatalog.com
“A love which isn’t reciprocated hurts more than never being in love at all.”— Becky Curl, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t waste your energy with me if you are not emotionally stable. I will not be a rebound woman, or someone you date to try to fill an empty space.”— Mitzi J Hernandez, thoughtcatalog.com
“Date someone who pays attention to you. Someone who messages you first and grabs your hand during dates. Someone who remembers the little things about you because he actually gives a damn.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com