#triusm

“i insist on mattering,” now, as i know it, is just another way of saying, “i deserve to be loved, as i am.”

you cannot hold other people accountable for the shortcomings of your own idealism,

growing up and growing old really are an art. the art of reconciling how inevitable it is to want more with how necessary it is to accept that you'll always have less; less time, less experiences, less youth, and less life than you thought you would have had,

“i could talk to you forever,” perhaps the most precious thing a friend could say to another,

it is always difficult to abandon an idea,

i don’t think anyone can appreciate the nuances of your own life quite as much as you can,

i don’t want to do it, but i want it to be done,