“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”

“Some people aren’t loyal to you. They’re loyal to their need of you then, once their need changes, so does their loyalty.”

“You’ll likely end up disappointed if you think people will care for you the way you care for them. Not everyone has your heart.”

“This is not goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. but most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”

“I want to say somewhere: I’ve tried to be forgiving. And yet there were times in my life, whole years, when anger got the better of me. Ugliness turned me inside out. There was a certain satisfaction in bitterness. I courted it. It was standing outside, and I invited it in.”

“Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant.”

“I have a list in my head of all the feelings I still want to feel before I die. And you have ticked so many things off that list.”

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