the noise

“So much of what we learn about love is taught to us by people who never really loved us.”

“It’s true that nothing has the potential to hurt so much as loving someone, but nothing heals like it either.”

“I’m not asking you to promise that everything will be perfect. Just promise me that you’ll try.”

“The problem was she wanted love so badly, she couldn’t tell it wasn’t love.”

“I’m exhausted from trying to be stronger than I feel.”

“One day it just clicks… You realise what is important and what isn’t, you learn to care less about what other people think of you and care more about what you think of yourself. You realise how far you have come and you remember thinking that things were such a mess they’d never recover and then you smile. You smile because you’re truly proud of the person you have fought to become.”

“Trust is like paper. Once crumpled, it will never be perfect again.”

“Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.”

“What’s the difference?” I asked him. “Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?” “One is a choice, and one is not.”