I think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to notice life with you. "taste this. look at that. hear this song." again and again. until you can't imagine noticing life without them.

For the sake of your mental health, let yourself be unreachable sometimes.

you think that you're so alone in the world then you read literature from hundreds of years ago and you realize that other people have always felt this way

Your self respect has to be greater than your desire to be loved.

No one talks about the personality shift as you get older. Where you no longer want to be impressive, you want to be rested. You want to be regulated and completely unavailable to anything that drains you.