Sad that you’re not here but happy that you’re somewhere.
“No matter how you feel… Get up. Dress up. Show up. And never give up.”
"Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?"
"you told me your scars were symbolic,
i told you mine were too
but really, i was just mad at the world,
mad at myself,
and mad at you"
written by Norah Galea
"One day someone is going to hug you so tight
That all of your broken pieces
Will stick back together"
"Because right now,
All I can do,
Is think about it over and over again…"
written by Ao Haru Ride / Aoharaido
"Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It only hurts."
written by Kate Jacobs, Comfort Food
"Kinda pointless to fight for what you want when what you want continues to break your heart."
“Tired” isn’t even a temporary state for me anymore it’s just an inherent part of my personality at this point.
One night,
I will wake up at three AM
And I will roll over
Into your arms.
You will rub my back
Until I fall back to sleep.
I will wait for that.
"I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone."
written by The New Yorker
"She felt happy these days, yet there was always an undercurrent of sadness just below the surface."
written by Diane Chamberlain, The Lost Daughter
"Sometimes, when you’re sad you don’t know what to do, it helps to be angry. But then the tears come back again all the same, and you fall asleep with the salty taste of them on your lips."
written by Cornelia Funke, Inkheart
"I crave space. It charges my batteries. It helps me breathe. Being around people can be so exhausting, because most of them love to take and barely know how to give. Except for a rare few."
"We loved with a love that was more than love."
i smoked three cigarettes
at the bus stop this morning
to keep my hands busy
i said ill get better soon
and im trying to actually
mean it this time
"I always find myself caught between saying too much and not saying enough"
"I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick fucking armor. And I hurt people so they couldn’t hurt me. And I thought that was what being tough, but it isn’t."
"People change and forget to tell each other."
"Maybe when we die, the first thing we’ll say is, ‘I know this feeling. I was here before.’"
written by Don DeLillo, White Noise
"There are a lot of things we don’t want to know about the people we love."
written by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"I always find myself caught between saying too much and not saying enough"
"It’s when you hide things that you choke on them."
"But things work out, you know? Even if it doesn’t feel okay for a long time, or even if it feels like things will never be okay again, everything works out in the end."
written by Lauren Morrill, Meant to Be
"Roam if you must but come home when you’ve seen enough."
Stay strong, love! :)
