“as you get older, you realize that you’re not always right and there’s so many things you could’ve handled better, so many situations where you could’ve been kinder and all you can really do is forgive yourself and let your mistakes make you a better person.”

“You deserve the love you keep trying to give everyone else.”

“This is what I like about photographs. They’re proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect.”

“Please stop destroying what is left of your heart by constantly thinking about things that have broken you.”

“I withdraw from people and places from time to time. I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much but never have anything to say.”

“The best gift you are ever going to give someone - the permission to feel safe in their own skin. To feel worthy. To feel like they are enough.”

“People will show you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them to be.”

“Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it’s those hours that make us what we are.”

“When other people treat you poorly keep being you. Don’t ever let someone else’s bitterness change the person you are.”

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”