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[perfectfeelings]

“It’s sad isn’t it? I once thought worlds of you and now you’re just another lesson.”

— Beau Taplin, The Lesson

[wetheurban]

For the sake of your mental health, let people think what they want. Their fiction is not your truth.

[anniespositivity]

You can be the kindest person ever and people will still find a way to dislike you. Just let them. I promise it will be so freeing.

[anniespositivity]

You do not talk too much. You do not expect too much. You do not care too much. You do not ask too many questions. You do not need too much attention. You are not too needy. You are not too much to handle. You are perfect the way you are. If people make you feel like you are too much, they are not worth your time, your effort or your love. You deserve better than that. Your heart and soul should be protected at all cost. You simply are not too much in any way, my love. Always remember that.

[mournfulroses]

Ōtomo no Yakamochi, from a poem featured in From the country of Eight Islands; an anthology of Japanese Poetry

[perfectfeelings]

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.”

— Alexander Graham Bell

[thoughtkick]

“Kill the part of you that believes it can’t survive without someone else.”

— Sade Andria Zabala, War Songs

[ss-writess]

“If I tell you I care about you, I’m probably already caring too much.”

[marianaaprendizsblog]

Reminder for tonight: you are allowed to be a work in progress and a masterpiece at the same time. Growth doesn't cancel out worth. You don't have to finish becoming who you're meant to be before you're allowed to be proud of how far you've come.

[remanence-of-love]

[remanence-of-love]

[mournfulroses]

Clarice Lispector, from a letter in translation to Tania Kauffman, featured in All Letters of Clarice Lispector

[vexheart]

until you learn the lesson

[perfectfeelings]

“Don’t ask yourself what you did wrong or how you could have done it differently. Don’t waste your valuable heart and mind trying to figure out why he did what he did. Or thinking back on all the things he said, and wondering what was the truth and what was the lie. The only thing you need to know is that it’s really good news: He’s gone.”

— Greg Behrendt, He’s Just Not That Into You

[perfectquote]

“When you have a good heart: You help too much. You trust too much. You give too much. You love too much & it always seems you hurt the most.”

— Unknown

[minimalistquotes]

My side of the story doesn't matter anymore. Life happened, it hurt, I healed, but most importantly I learned who deserves a seat at my table and who will never sit at it again.

[minimalistquotes]

Some bridges are beautiful when they burn. There's a calmness that takes over when you can't go back. When you've changed. When you've decided. When you've left behind a version of you, that is no longer you. The end of everything is the start of anything.

[anniespositivity]

Look at you showing up even though your heart is heavy. Look at you pushing through even though you feel the sadness weigh you down. Look at you staying in touch with family and friends, taking care of yourself by eating, sleeping and making time for your hobbies even though the world feels like it is falling apart around you. Just look at you persisting despite it all, my love. Take it slow - baby steps every single day. Don't let these hard days discourage you. You are so much stronger than you think. And things will get better sooner than you can imagine. I am incredibly proud of you.