- be soft. don't let the world make you hard. don't let pain make you hate. don't let the bitterness steal your sweetness. take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.
- love everyone. every leaf. every ray of light. forgive.
- if people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.
- you have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
- it’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- I didn’t want to make the same mistake my parents made. I didn’t want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.
- to my daughter I will say, ''See your beauty without a compliment or a mirror''
- there is not a cemetery in your ribcage. your heart is not his ashtray. the human tongue was not given to light matches. don't let your body become any less. don't lose your humanity.
- nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. in fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
- your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.
- other people are not medicine.
- i'm trying to love people because they exist and not because of what they can do for me.
- if you want to kill yourself, kill what you don’t like. i had an old self that I killed. you can kill yourself too, but that doesn’t mean you got to stop living.
- i will only let you touch me if your hands are so full of intention that every brush of your palms feels like you writing a novel on my skin.
- maybe we feel empty because we leave pieces of ourselves in everything we used to love.
- how beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.
- the greatest gift you can give someone is the space to be his or herself, without the threat of you leaving.
- if the seed of depression or sadness lives inside you, know that drugs and alcohol act as fertilizer for that seed to grow.
- there are two types of tired, i suppose one is a dire need of sleep. the other is a dire need of peace.
- i am afraid that if i open myself i will not stop pouring.
- i came to realize that we don't raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women.
- one of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.
- some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. just because you can.
- be softer with you. you are a breathing thing. a memory to someone. a home to a life.
jan 27 2015 ∞
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