“You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later.”— Mitch Hedberg, amazon.com
“Don’t try to make your ugliness pretty. Don’t try to turn heartbreak into something picture-perfect. It sucks. And it’s okay that it sucks.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I promise you one thing, if you stay with me, if you share your life with me, you'll never be bored.”— Rosie Ravenstein, instagram.com
“Sometimes worrying about something is much worse than the actual thing you’re worrying about. So really, what’s the point in worrying?”— Chip Gaines, amazon.com
“Stop waiting for something or someone to come and make you happy. Meditate daily. Breathe. Come on. You’re okay. You have friends. Love them. Respect them. Go out and play. Learn to be alone.”— Jenifer Lewis, amazon.com
“I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard.”— Shonda Rhimes, amazon.com
“You deserve more than someone who blows you off last minute. You deserve more than extremely delayed replies or no replies at all. You deserve more than half-assed love.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don’t need flowers every day. I don’t need the candles. I don’t need the sparkly presents wrapped in ribbon. That’s not the kind of romance I’m talking about. I’m talking about giving me the time of day. I’m talking about eye contact. I’m talking about telling jokes that make me throw my head back…”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s brave to let someone new into your world when the last person left you broken. It’s brave to put your past in your past instead of allowing it to poison your future.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“I stopped apologizing for my pain. I stopped trying to hide it. I stopped trying to pretend like everything is fine when it’s not.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“The more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“Life is too short. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“It's becoming too common for guys to ask girls to 'hang out' rather than directly asking them on a date.”— Aziz Ansari, amazon.com
“We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“When did loving someone else more than loving yourself become the new fashion trend?”— Quotes | V, instagram.com
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”— Laura Mejer, instagram.com
“I've kept your number saved in hopes that one day I can tell you what I should have known from the start: I am better without you.”— Orenda, instagram.com
“Love always was and always will be incessant care, being there without being asked to, making fun of yet smiling at the other's quirks, and feeling an ineffable comfort and sense of security that almost feels like home.”— N.B., instagram.com