artifacts

“I’m guilty of giving people more chances than they deserve but when I’m done, I’m done.”

“If you don’t love yourself you will always be chasing after people who don’t love you either.”

“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.”

“It’s funny, when I think about this exact time last year. Things were so different. I never would have thought that things could change so much in only a year. I wonder what next December will be like.”

“Self respect. If you don’t have it, the world will walk all over you.”

“One day you will thank yourself for never giving up.”

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”

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

“I stopped explaining myself when I realized people only understand from their level of perception”

“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

“Be strong enough to let go, and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.”

“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.”