“Lonely isn’t being alone. It’s the feeling that nobody cares.”

“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”

“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself, the challenge is to silence the mind.”

“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our life.”

“Just because you fail once, it doesn’t mean you’re going to fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself.”

“Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.”

““Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.” - Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters”

“it’s a beautiful thing to be understood, but a powerful thing to understand yourself.”

The broken will always be able to love harder than most. Once you've been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.

You cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. This is your tragedy … because you understand them, and they do not understand you.