An Actress's Journey Barely Stumbling Through Life

“You don’t know how to love people. You only know how to own them. And because people will never act just like you want them to… you’ll always feel betrayed.” - Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

but I get up,

“She didn’t need a protector or a rescuer. But she did need him.” - Alexandra Bracken, Passenger

“You keep waiting for the heaviness to leave you. You keep waiting for the moment you never think about the ex again. It doesn’t come.” - Junot Díaz, This Is How You Lose Her

“If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself.” - Nikita Gill

“All my life, I’ve found it difficult to advocate for myself, to ask for what I want. I fear burdening people so much.” - Jessica Knoll, Luckiest Girl Alive

“Destiny decides who you meet in your life, but it’s your heart that decides who gets to stay in your life.”

“Remember: 5 months is not eternity. 2 months is not eternity. Even if it looks that way now.” - Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath

“Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion.”