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““Just like you mistook lust for love, you have mistaken being alone with loneliness. So I’m fine. Thank you for asking.””

““I’m only quiet because I’m worried that if you push me too far, one day I will open my mouth and I will scream so loudly, it will shatter and break the whole world.””

““You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.””

““I wouldn’t want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I’d like it if he could be wicked and wouldn’t.””

It takes both strength and humility to call yourself sh*t and correct your behavior in a particular situation. But let me tell you, it’s how you become better, it’s how you take a step forward, it’s how you become successful!

“She was also the most lonely and sad. She was a genius of sadness — immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum. She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. She addressed her world honestly, albeit hesitant at times, searching for something deserving of the volumes of love she knew she had within her.”

“Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing or, more often, nothing at all.”

“Be brave enough to travel the unknown path and learn what you are capable of.”

“A healthy relationship is where two independent people just make a deal that they will help the other person be the best version of themselves.”

“When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.”

“I used to dislike being sensitive. I thought it made me weak. But take away that single trait, and you take away the very essence of who I am. You take away my conscience, my ability to empathize, my intuition, my creativity, my deep appreciation for the little things, my vivid inner life, my deep awareness of others’ pain, and my passion for it all.”

“When a person can see into your soul, it’s hard. It forces you to be open. Vulnerable.”