“I've come to terms with the fact that I'm broken. Not in a sad way, just in an it-is-what-it-is kind of way. Life happened and I've adjusted accordingly. We're all a little bit shattered. Pain and heartache comes our way and with time we develop patterns that we think will protect us... But that onl…”— Rachel Brathen, instagram.com
“We all just want to be loved. All of us. Deep down, every decision we make is based on our wanting to feel accepted and cared for. We all want to be loved and we can use that longing to create both heaven and hell. Trusting in life, seeing the goodness in the people around us and staying present in…”— Rachel Brathen, instagram.com
“There is nothing more precious than you and your offerings to this world. Let every step you take be in honor of your own magnificence.”— Rachel Brathen, instagram.com
“God lives in wild, reckless abandon of structure. Shake things up. Say yes when you normally say no. Break all the rules. Follow your intuition. Travel. Talk to strangers. Laugh out loud. Dance like you don't give a fuck. Yell at the ocean. Hug a tree. Spend all your money. Cry when you feel like it…”— Rachel Brathen, instagram.com
“Trust that life will always, always, take you where you're supposed to be.”— Rachel Brathen, instagram.com
“Balance is key. In everything you do. Dance all night long and practice yoga the next day. Drink wine but don’t forget your green juice. Eat chocolate when your heart wants it and kale salad when your body needs it. Wear high heels on Saturday and walk barefoot on Sunday. Go shopping at the mall and…”— Rachel Brathen, instagram.com
“Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep. The pain we encounter throughout our days spent on this earth comes from the illusion that some moments can be held onto. Clinging to people and experiences that were never ours in the first place is what causes us to miss out on…”— Rachel Brathen, amazon.com
“We’ve all experienced the frustration of our 20s going nothing as planned, so why do we still feel like we’re the only ones who are struggling? This lie that we’re all alone in our struggle is a powerful magnifier of depression, anxiety, and confusion in our 20s. It’s vital we blow this ugly lie up.…”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“We’re in our 20s. It’s okay to be single. It’s okay to be engaged. It’s okay to black out on occasion and throw up in your dresser drawers (oh it’s not? sorry). LIVE FOR YOURSELF. Figure out what you want. Find out who you really are. Don’t force anything or make choices based on what other people a…”— Samantha Matt, thoughtcatalog.com
“26 shows up in the middle of coffee one morning and hands you a freshly printed memo that reads: ‘You’re going to get old one day and die. You’re cool for now, but it will happen. You’re officially on notice. You won’t be young forever.’ And then 26 struts out of your office, like an unconcerned dic…”— Jessica Blankenship, thoughtcatalog.com
“I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there’s a life after that, I’ll love you then.”— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com
“I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.”— Ian McEwan, amazon.com
“A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.”— Stephan Hoeller, mindbodygreen.com
“[I was] feeling—probably for the first time in my life—the fear and excitement of living in a place where you never know what's going to happen or when.”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com
“But there was so much to do: cigarettes to smoke, sex to have, swings to swing on.”— John Green, Alaska Young, amazon.com
“I would never know her well enough to know her thoughts in those last minutes, would never know if she left us on purpose. But the not-knowing would not keep me from caring, and I would always love.”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com
“He was gone, and I did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him, and that she forgave us, and that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Things that did not go…”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com
“We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin…”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com
“When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are.”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com