“If you’re dating a jerk, you should dump them and then try to figure out why you’re attracted to jerks in the first place.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Knowing what you don’t want can often be more valuable than knowing what you do want.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I'll be happy for the rest of my fucked up little life.”— Charlotte Eriksson, amazon.com
“The biggest battle you fight in your twenties is the one you’re in with yourself. The most important thing you can learn in this decade is how to love yourself. Without that knowledge, your life will always be a little bit terrible.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“You will do things that hurt you just because you’re not ready to feel good yet.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ll have moments with someone that are so intense, it’ll feel like you’ve been electrocuted back to life. You’ll hold on to these moments for a long time. They’ll give you hope when you’re going through the motions.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re going to betray your convictions. You’re going to feel shame. You’re going to continue to put yourself in situations that aren’t good for you. And then, slowly but surely, it will become less frequent. It might not ever go away completely but it won’t be as bad. In the meantime, stop shame sp…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“The things you have in your life that make you feel unlovable and small can go away. They have as much power as you give them.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s hard for me to explain this to you in a way that will make one hundo percent sense, but I’ll try. Until recently, maybe in the last year or so, I didn’t understand that life could be good. It wasn’t like I was against happiness. I just didn’t think it was an option for someone like me.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Do you want it bad enough? Does the fear of being filled with regret in your thirties trump your fear of living today?”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“I think a lot about trying to meet the moment as honestly as possible, because I don't pretend to have any answers. In fact, I have infinitely more questions than answers.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, gq.com
“'It gets better.' Well, a lotta times it don't. Sometimes it just sucks less”— Willam Belli, amazon.com
“The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually you'll be dead.”— Mr. Peanutbutter, netflix.com
“That’s the problem with life, you either know what you want, and you don’t get what you want, or you get what you want, and you don’t know what you want.”— Diane, netflix.com
“BoJack: 'What are you thinking about?' "Charlotte: 'Oh, just how nice it could have been if you'd chosen this life.'”— BoJack Horseman, Charlotte, netflix.com
“Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.”— Blair Waldorf, amazon.com
“Life is a real fucked up shitstorm of seemingly controllable and completely uncontrollable moments just stacked on each other and we're all trying to make the best of it.”— Grace Helbig, youtube.com
“Hey, we're all just trying to get by. We're all doing life as best we can and that's all you can do is try to be the best version of yourself.”— Grace Helbig, youtube.com
“'Do you believe in miracles?' Amélie: 'Not today.'”— Guillaume Laurant, Amélie Poulain, Audrey Tautou, imdb.com