Hayley Grace > Quotes

“leaving the cage won't kill you.
staying inside of it will”
― Hayley Grace, life after you

“sometimes we think we are unloveable
but we are really just asking the wrong people to love us”
― Hayley Grace, save me an orange

“no one knows how much violence it took me to be
this gentle
but that violence is what made me
me

so if i can wake up every day and have a choice to
be one thing
it will always be
to be kind”
― Hayley Grace, save me an orange

“thank you for showing me that i never needed
someone to make me feel special”
― Hayley Grace, save me an orange

“love you."
he says before he steps out the front door.

"love you more."
i say to myself, standing in the kitchen.
after. he shuts the door in my face.

there's a difference.
i will love him behind closed doors.

and he can't love me
while they are still open.”
― Hayley Grace

“we still exist when I close my eyes”
― hayley grace, life after you

“what's your biggest regret?"

i laugh.
if i regret meeting certain people
and i regret certain paths
that life has taken me

would i be as strong as I am now?
would i be the person i am today?
would i even be me at all?”
― Hayley Grace, save me an orange

“i know love exists because i am full of it.
and i gave it all to you.
and now i'm jealous because
you stole the one thing that belonged to me.”
― Hayley Grace, life after you