* ( Â THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO / Â SENTENCE PROMPTS
people think that intimacy is about sex. but intimacy is about truth.
never let anyone make you feel ordinary.
iâm under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.
donât ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box.
itâs always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one.
sometimes reality comes crashing down on you.
heartbreak is a loss. divorce is a piece of paper.
when youâre given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen.
the world doesnât give things, you take things.
you have to find a job that makes your heart feel big instead of one that makes it feel small.
please never forget that the sun rises and sets with your smile.
youâre the only thing on this planet worth worshipping.
be wary of men with something to prove.
the cruelest thing you can do to someone you love, give them just enough good to make them stick through a hell of a lot of bad.
you wonder what it must be like to be a man, to be so confident that the final say is yours.
i think youâre brilliant.
do yourself a favor and learn to grab life by the balls.
donât be so tied up in trying to do the right thing when the smart thing is so painfully clear.
you can be sorry about something and not regret it
the world respects people who think they should be running it.
if i want things to change, i have to change how i do things. and probably drastically.
people are messy, and love can be ugly.
iâm inclined to always err on the side of compassion.
you canât tell a single thing about a personâs true character if you both want the same thing.
no one is just a victim or a victor. everyone is somewhere in between.
just go knowing you were loved, that i will never forget you.
nobody deserves anything. itâs simply a matter of whoâs willing to go and take it for themselves.
why have i spent so long settling for less when i know damn well the world expects more?
taking pride in your beauty is a damning act.
forgiveness is different from absolution.
sometimes divorce isnât an earth-shattering loss. sometimes itâs just two people waking up out of a fog.
if there are all different types of soul mates, then you are one of mine.
i am absolutely positive that i need you more than iâve ever needed another living soul.
i loved you so much that i thought you were the meaning of my life.
i thought that people were put on earth to find other people, and i was put here to find you.
i donât want to be meant for someone like you.
thatâs the part i was stuck in, the part where you accept the apology because itâs easier than addressing the root of the problem.
it will be the tragedy of my life that i cannot love you enough to make you mine.
itâs a hard business, reconciling what the truth used to be with what the truth is now.
youâre an idealist and a romantic, and you have a beautiful soul.
i wish the world was ready to be the way you see it.
i wish that the rest of the people on earth with us were capable of living up to your expectations. but they arenât.
the world is ugly, and no one wants to give anyone the benefit of the doubt about anything.
i love you too much to let you live only for me.
iâm cynical and iâm bossy, and most people would consider me vaguely immoral.
i spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much i loved her.
it shouldnât be wrong, to love you. how can it be wrong?
i think being yourselfâyour true, entire selfâis always going to feel like youâre swimming upstream.
you could be a nobody living in a cardboard box, and iâd still love you.
i simply didnât care. it cost so much, caring. i didnât have any currency to spend on it.
some marriages arenât really that great. some loves arenât all-encompassing.
the media are going to tell whatever story they want to tell. they always have. they always will.
charisma is charm that inspires devotion.
youâre not really famous if anybody still likes you.
you should know this about the rich: they always want to get richer. it is never boring, getting your hands on more money.
the truth is, praise is just like an addiction. the more you get it, the more of it you need just to stay even.
you have to push peopleâs boundaries and not feel bad about it. no one is going to give you anything if you donât ask for it.
when youâve been bested, sometimes itâs good to recognize it and move on.
no one goes around throwing caution to the wind unless the wind is blowing their way.
the easiest lie to tell is one you know the other person desperately wants to be true.
pictures speak very loudly. in general, we can almost never shake what we see with our eyes.
we all canât go around treating people like dog shit and then expecting that a simple iâm sorry erases it.
guilt is a feeling iâve never made much peace with. i find that when it rears its head, it brings an army.
when i feel guilty for one thing, i start to see all the other things i should feel guilty for.
accepting that something is true isnât the same as thinking that it is just.