“Do Not Confuse My Bad Days As A Sign Of Weakness. Those Are Actually The Days I’m Fighting The Hardest.”

“There are two reasons why people don’t talk about things; either it doesn’t mean anything to them, or it means everything.”

— Unknown

“It’s so hard to leave - until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”

— John Green // Paper Towns

Leaving me was okay. People leave me all the time, I'm used to it. What hurts like hell is when you made me feel so damn special yesterday, and then make me feel so unwanted today.

“I think you lost all interest in this world. You were disappointed and discouraged, and lost interest in everything. So you abandoned your physical body. You went to a world apart and you’re living a different kind of life there. In a world inside you.”

— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

and for my next trick, I'll break my own heart by making up fake scenarios with my comfort characters.

“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.”

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“Show me the most damaged parts of your soul, and I will show you how it still shines like gold.”

— Nikita Gill

“Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority” And sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person” And they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.”

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When loneliness surrounds your life, the landscape of life looks bleak, but do not forget that everything was born from an explosion. Wait for your chance and everything will be fine. Art painting by Ann Guidera-Matey.