“You are not a reflection of the people who can’t love you.”

“The best part of your life will be those small, nameless moments you spent with someone who matters to you.”

“You have to get to a point where your mood doesn’t shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else.”

“He fell deeper and deeper into himself. He kept all of his pain and anxiety inside and never told anyone anything. And this split inside could never let him be in a relationship. Because there was always part of him that he kept hidden “

when brene brown said “vulnerability is the path back to each other” and bell hooks wrote “cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart” and amir levine wrote “if you want to take the road to independence and happiness, find the right person to depend on and travel down it with that person” and thich nhat hanh said “you cannot resist loving another person when you really understand them” and barbara l fredrickson wrote “your past moments of love and connection make you lastingly wiser”