- You're strong. Stronger than these people who want to hurt you. You're stronger than those wounds you inflict upon your soul. You just haven't realized it yet.
- It'll pass. Good things, bad things, horrible things: they all go away, sooner or later.
- Life's too short to pretend you've got your shit together. No one has, they're just as scared as you are.
- Always have a plan B: you never know what could happen.
- You'll think you're not good enough; that no one will find you interesting; that you won't be able to build meaningful relationships; they're all lies. Believe me, they're all lies.
- One day you will suddenly discover that people like you are real, are in your same city, and -even more surprisingly- they find you amusing, charming; they even want to spend time with you. And that will be the best day of your life.
- You think he'll never want you. He'll never love you. You think he looks at you and finds a horrible, deformed face. What you don't realize, it's how little he matters, in the grand scheme of life.
- (He actually likes you, you know. In his weird way. But how can you see it when you're the first to hate yourself?)
- First rule: try to be the best version of yourself. Sometimes that means impeccable, sometimes "I'm really sorry, I'm tired, maybe I'll listen to you tomorrow?"
- Sometimes the best version of yourself available will be the worst version of yourself. It's okay. You can't always be kind.
- No matter how hard you try, you can't be perfect. Stop hating yourself because of it.
- 'Everyone matters, even me': write it a hundred times on every wall you encounter.
- Treat everyone with kindness, unless they're rude to you.
- Even though you've forgotten for a long time, the world is a beautiful place. Let yourself be surprised by kindness.
- You'll heal. I know you don't believe me: you've been hurt so much, and by so many people -yourself in the first place- but you will heal. Incredible as it sounds. Just wait and see.
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