Black Ink Mess

“Love is a choice as much as it is magic. Magic comes in moments, but choices stretch out over time. We make them new each morning.”

“Human relationships are strange. I mean, you are with one person a while, eating and sleeping and living with them, loving them, talking to them, going places together, and then it stops”

“Finding someone you can really connect with is like winning the lottery — It happens basically never, but if it does, you really shouldn’t blow it.”

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”

“The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still.”

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”

“Maybe it won’t work out. But maybe seeing if it does will be the best adventure ever.”

“What do you say when you’re not enough to make someone stay? What do you do when you meet the love of your life and realize it’s all about timing? How do you accept that no matter how perfect you are for each other, circumstances get in the way? How do you compete with that kind of fate?”

“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It’s important to combine the two in just the right amount.”

“Give yourself credit for the days you’ve made it when you thought you couldn’t.”

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”

“We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.”

“Stay afraid but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”

“We don’t grow older, we grow riper.”

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

“Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other.”