Anskar

“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.”

We broke up months ago. I still think about him every day. I hate myself for that

“Remember to take care of yourself. Sometimes you get so busy taking care of others that you forget that you are important too.”

“If I let go of the feelings which cause me pain, I would have no feelings at all.”

“Because, nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.”

“I could use a little bit of you right now.”

“If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?”

“If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me.”

“You are unexplored, unusual, and terrifyingly beautiful. And only a few will know how to love you without breaking you and making you dangerous.”

“It’s like when someone says, ‘How are you?’ Do you say, ‘Well, my head hurts and I’m lonely and depressed and I’m worried about everything and the world is collapsing and full of evil’? Or do you say, ‘I’m fine’?”

“Millions of people have decided not to be sensitive. They have grown thick skins around themselves just to avoid being hurt by anybody. But it is at great cost. Nobody can hurt them, but nobody can make them happy either.”