“Drug overdoses killed more Americans in 2016 than people killed in the Vietnam War which roughly killed over 58,000 US soldiers. How much bigger does addiction need to get in order for people to consider it important?”— Brittney Lindstrom, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you’re dealing with an empathy-deficient individual with a high sense of entitlement and a sadistic need to bring others down, conversations become crazymaking minefields meant to psychologically terrorize and divert you.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“It wasn’t built to be a viral campaign or a hashtag that is here today and forgotten tomorrow. It was a catchphrase to be used from survivor to survivor to let folks know that they were not alone and that a movement for radical healing was happening and possible.”— Tarana Burke, ebony.com
“Anxiety is what happens when you have an absolutely ridiculous thought… but then you start to believe it.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“I'm just trying to figure out if the life that I've picked for myself is even the one that I want and I don't even know if I'm allowed to ask that question.”— Gillian Robespierre, Elisabeth Holm, Dana, Jenny Slate, amazon.com
“Someone who truly loves you, someone who is truly right for you, will not force you to turn inside yourself and search for what it is about you that is wrong.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“The things you love about others are the things you love about yourself. The things you hate about others are the things you cannot see in yourself.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“I hope that's what you'll remember, not how I left but how I entered.”— Mackenzie Scott, open.spotify.com
“You cannot remember what you did before him. You cannot even remember what you thought of—as if back then you thought in a different language, the way you cannot remember things from the first nine years of your life.”— Alyssa Vergun, thoughtcatalog.com
“In the end, do what you love, that’s the secret of life.”— Francis Ford Coppola, explorepartsunknown.com
“Sometimes the problem is that invisible girls are too visible, too powerful, too fierce. The world likes to box them in to contain them.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“I have stopped with contingency apologies. “I’m sorry if I was a little ____ last night.” Trust in other people’s right to tell you they’re upset. And then live like no news is good news.”— John Mayer, twitter.com
“Setting boundaries or calling out toxic behavior isn’t hateful – it’s sacred and it should be taught in every spiritual practice.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Attractiveness is not a one-dimensional thing. It is a kaleidoscope of factors. It is not just one or two qualities that define us and make us desirable to people. It is a whole spectrum of nuanced attributes and larger-than-life traits that are stirred to make the magical potion that is your essenc…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“'no' might make them angry, but it will make you free. - if no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger”— Nayyirah Waheed, amazon.com
“But now she was different. Now she was happy with herself, her life, and she didn’t think of companionship in terms of convenience - she thought of it in terms of who she wanted to share her life with. She realized companionship was not something you should crave because you’re scared of being lonel…”— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com
“Isn’t it stupid that we sometimes know exactly what could help us feel better but we still won’t do it?”— Katie Mather, thoughtcatalog.com