“Don’t give them a taste of their own medicine. They already know what it tastes like. Give them a taste of your own medicine. If they lied, let your medicine be honesty. If they played with your emotions, let your medicine be maturity. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, even if it means removing yourself from lives that you want to be in. You are, no doubt, worthy of being valued for who you are. So be who you are.”
— Najwa Zebian
“When there’s a fresh wound in your heart, keep it open until it heals. Air it out. Understand it. Dive into it. Be fierce enough to become it. If you ignore it, it won’t be able to breath. If you ignore it, it will merely deepen, spread, and resurface later, wanting to release. And when later happens, it will hurt even more; because when later happens, you won’t know what you’re bleeding for … Remain open to feel free.”
— Victoria Erickson
~Dark Stranger©
“If they don’t know you personally, don’t take it personal.”
— Khleo Thomas
“I plant roots so deeply in the people I love that I always lose a piece of myself when they go.”
— Beau Taplin (via surqrised)
“You’re chaos and order and everything in between. Like sunshine kept back by clouds. Like the entire world’s imploded inside you, but all I see are the stars are sewn into your skin. You’re filled with soft, dark music.”
— Tara Sim, Timekeeper
you deserve softness.
you deserve kindness.
you deserve stillness.
you deserve patience.
you deserve love.
you deserve respect.
you deserve care.
you deserve laughter.
you deserve intimacy.
you deserve hugs.
you deserve kisses.
you deserve flowers.
you deserve it all.
“Never apologize for how you feel. No one can control how they feel. The sun doesn’t apologize for being the sun. The rain doesn’t say sorry for falling. Feelings just are.”
— Iain S. Thomas, Intentional Dissonance