Quotes

But what I wanted to say is this: After the period of melancholy is over you will be stronger than before, you will recover your health, & you will find the scenery round you so beautiful that you will want nothing but paint.

The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you.

Sometimes people say terrible things when they’re scared. They don’t mean to, but they can’t help it. They lash out because if they can see that their words hurt someone else, it makes them feel as if they aren’t completely powerless.

Be picky about who you keep around you. Personalities, words, and traits rub off naturally.

I don’t want to be married just to be married. I can’t think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can’t talk to, or worse, someone I can’t be silent with.

You can’t force love, I realized. It’s there or it isn’t. If it’s not there, you’ve got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you’ve got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

Don’t you ever feel that - that you just need to get away? From everything? That it’s all too much?

I don’t suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don’t trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It’s a sure sign that they don’t really know anyone.

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

and you find yourself crying over someone you never loved and probably never could’ve. and you don’t really believe in a God above but you wonder if you should’ve. and you wonder if out of all of the stars out there, there are two that will keep you connected somewhere. you wonder if the moon came out tonight, just so that it could protect your heart. because you don’t usually miss him when you’re far apart. and you know you never loved him and you don’t know if you could’ve. but maybe when you had the chance, you should’ve.

I know that in the end I’ll probably just be a page, or maybe even a chapter in your book. Even if that’s the case, I hope I’ll be one you go back and read often. And as you run your fingers over our words, I hope you smile.

I never liked making homes out of people, but some nights with your arms around me like walls and your heart as warm as a blazing fireplace I have never felt more safe so darling, if this is home - please tell me I can stay.