• And remember, nobody's feelings are more important than your own, so take time to love yourself. - Zayn Malik
• He told me

he was afraid of commitment with thirteen tattoos on his body. - Michelle K., Commitment

• There are certain

names that will always taste like regret and stomach acid on my tongue. - Michelle K., People I Decided to Let Go

• Before I am your daughter,

your sister, your aunt, niece, or cousin, I am my own person, and I will not set fire to myself to keep you warm.

• Do yourself a favor: become your own savior. - Daniel Johnston
• I almost thanked you for teaching me something about survival back there, but then I remembered that the ocean never handed me the gift of swimming. I gave it to myself. - Y.Z, what I forgot to remember
• My nights are for overthinking, my mornings are for oversleeping.
• I’m not used to being loved. I wouldn’t know what to do - F. Scott Fitzgerald, ”More Than Just A House”
• I mean, I hope you’re happy,

But the sky is still the sky without you, And I’m not surprised by that anymore. - Caitlyn Siehl, from This is Not a Love Poem

• if you are

the storm, my love i am the destruction you leave on the shore - once kissed and no more, r.i.d

• You’ve almost gotten through another year.

Your sleeves may be stained red, and you might still struggle to eat your food, and maybe you didn’t achieve everything you wanted, and you’re almost always permanently tired. But you’ve kicked butt this year. You have faced 2014 and you have conquered it. - you are alive

• For a star to be born, there is one thing that must happen: a gaseous nebula must collapse.

So collapse. Crumble. This is not your destruction.

This is your birth. - n.t

• Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.
• erase the battle lines you’ve drawn inside your head. you don’t deserve to be at war with yourself anymore; you never did.