Some Random Olivia Smith

“People start to heal the moment they feel heard.”

"My darling, there are no walls or secret gardens in me for you. You have the keys to all the doors."

“It’s summer now, and you’re craving a simpler existence. You want to read. You want to write. You want to meet strangers for dinner, and not refuse another drink at another bar. You want to dance. You want to find yourself in a basement, neck loose, bobbing your head as a group of musicians play, not because they should, but because they must. It’s summer now, and you’re looking forward to worrying less. You’re looking forward to longer nights and shorter days. You’re looking forward to gathering in back gardens and watching meat sputter on an open barbecue. You’re looking forward to laughing so hard your chest hurts and you feel light-headed. You’re looking forward to the safety in pleasure. You’re looking forward to forgetting, albeit briefly, the existential dread which plagues you, which tightens your chest, which pains your left side. You’re looking forward to forgetting that, leaving the house, you might not return intact. You’re looking forward to freedom, even if it is short, even if it might not last. You’re looking forward.”

“Tell the negativity committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.”

“I have a million things to talk to you about. A million things we have to talk about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.”

“You cannot make someone understand a message they are not ready to receive.”

“Repeat this until you understand it: I do not need people who do not need me.”

“I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me.”

“We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It’s a death trap.”

“Life is not about who you once were. It’s about who you are right now, and the person you have the potential to be.”

“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being excited about what could go right.”