“Most of those who have become something very good have gone through a long, difficult period of preparation that was the rock upon which their house was founded.”— Vincent Van Gogh, amazon.com
“Who taught you that love is only good until it’s opened? Who told you that it spoils? Why did you take it so literally?”— Trista Mateer, tristamateer.com
“You are a real thing in a world held together by thumbtacks and plastic people. You will struggle to be heard with your genuine birdsong voice amongst the drone of machines. This is why you need to learn to amplify yourself, my love. The world needs more like you and it desperately needs your tragic…”— Nikita Gill, meanwhilepoetry.tumblr.com
“My heart is a bar and someone else works there now. My heart is in a bar that feels like someone else’s home when I walk into it.”— Trista Mateer, tristamateer.com
“I didn't write them for money; I wrote them because it occurred to me to write them. I have a marketable obsession. There are madmen and madwomen in padded cells the world over who are not so lucky.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“If you’re pretty, you’re pretty; but the only way to be beautiful is to be loving. Otherwise, it’s just ‘congratulations about your face.”— John Mayer, twitter.com
“Stop comparing yourself to others. You are not in competition with anyone other than yourself. Your destination is different.”— Nikita Gill, twitter.com
“Anyone has the ability to become a pilot or member of the Air Force if they put their mind to it.”— Airman Sofia Schmidt, airforce.com
“Love is diving headfirst into someone else’s confusion and finding that it all makes sense.”— Atticus, amazon.com
“A very smart person once told me, ‘Just because you can handle a lot, doesn’t mean that you have to.’ And that’s the thing that took the weight off my back.”— Rose McGowan, bust.com
“We have to work ever harder on seeing, listening and supporting the quiet voices who have something important to say. Perhaps, if we listen a bit harder, we'll be able to do the right thing that much sooner.”— Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com
“And the drugs don't really make the problem ever shrink. But they do release the endorphins that help me not to think.”— Kevin Gates, open.spotify.com
“It's a relief to see a monster on the screen instead of feeling it in my chest.”— Lindsay King-Miller, vice.com
“Having self-awareness with every single thing that enters our minds is key to filtering out the things that could cause dents and cracks in our delicate minds.”— Shelby Leinbach, thoughtcatalog.com
“Here I am, as a female writer, who lives in this world as a woman, who lives in a world that does not pay her the same as males, who lives in a world where I am statistically not safe from predatory behavior, I am trying to represent other women. I do not need a male to do so.”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com