“If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”— Malcolm X, amazon.com
“When the people who love you are the source of your pain, you’re always torn between wanting to be there for them and wanting to stay away. Wanting to reciprocate their love but also choosing your peace of mind.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“You won’t find life-changing love until you’re ready to accept it. Until you like yourself enough to let someone else like you. Until you’re ready to let all the heartbreak go only to risk being heartbroken again.”— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com
“Strong women are selective about whom they choose. Because who you choose to be with impacts your life and the person you become.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. Because they are all you have. Because any attention is better than no attention.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com
“If you love something, let it go. If you don't love something, definitely let it go. Basically, just drop everything, who cares.”— B.J. Novak,, amazon.com
“All anyone really wants from another person is their attention. It’s so easy to give and counts for so much.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“You keep your horrible boyfriend around because you feel like shit and he’s the only one around who agrees with you. He validates the part of you that thinks you deserve bad things instead of good things.”— Gabourey Sidibe, amazon.com
“You may be sensitive inside, but what I see on the outside is a soldier.”— Lauren Graham, amazon.com
“Make people laugh. Be frank. Always give people a second chance—but rarely a third.”— Judy Greer, amazon.com
“If you want a better life, act like it. Actually make efforts, make changes, make actual strides to bettering yourself and stop just talking about it. If you want a better life you have to make an effort to better yourself.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“2018 will be the year that I get to be selfish because I have spent every year before so worried about everybody else, pleasing everybody around me.”— Andrea Loces, thoughtcatalog.com
“Keep going. The feeling of being lost is a normal feeling to have. Because when you are lost, that usually means you are about to be found.”— Andrea Davis, thoughtcatalog.com
“She turned off her love for you. A tap once gushing water stopped flowing, but this faucet leaks, love seeps out, from time to time.”— Katie Briar, instagram.com
“The endless string of first dates where you just say the same shit over and over again in the same places starts getting tiresome.””— Aziz Ansari, amazon.com
“We don't love people as much as they deserve, but rather as much as we ourselves deserve.”— Daniel René, instagram.com