Teresa Mummert > Quotes

“Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.”
― Teresa Mummert

“The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally.”
― Teresa Mummert

“Reading was my only escape from reality. Through books, I could be whoever I wanted. I could fall in love with the handsome prince, travel to exotic places, and take the leap that almost always had a happy ending.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“You can't love someone just by looking at them. That is lust. Not saying love can't come fast, but it doesn't come first.”
― Teresa Mummert

“You were the light when my entire world was dark. You gave me a reason to keep going when all I wanted to do was give up.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“India Lima Yankee”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“You can’t force love. You can’t control how someone else feels. You just have to enjoy it while it lasts and hope the ride doesn’t end.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“Things spoken can be forgotten and forgiven, but the written word has the power to change the course of history, to alter our lives.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“Sometimes I scare myself at how easily I slip inside my mind and live vicariously through these characters.”
― Teresa Mummert

“Give a man an inch he will try to give you six in return.”
― Teresa Mummert

“Someone is always going to try to knock you down and take your place. It is up to you to fight for what you want.”
― Teresa Mummert

“I forced myself to keep my eyes open so I could memorize every curve of her face. I wanted the image burned so deeply in my memory that when I closed my eyes to sleep at night, she would be the last thing I saw and the first person on my mind when I woke.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“your mistakes don't define who you are.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“She was gravity. She was the light in the darkest of my days, and her smile ignited a flame inside of me that had gone out a long time ago.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“Always follow your dreams, even if they lead you down a few dark alleys.”
― Teresa Mummert

“Here is how you know if it is love or lust. Push them in front of a bus. If you jump in the way and save them it is love.”
― Teresa Mummert

“Lust is the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone.”
― Teresa Mummert

“There is no greater feeling of accomplishment than to create a world that solely exists in your imagination and be able to pull someone into this hidden place inside of my thoughts. To make someone care for a person that has manifested from my dreams, to make them hate me for putting them in danger, and for them to ask to be taken on another journey with me when it is all said and done is why I write.”
― Teresa Mummert

“If anyone makes you cry, I will make them cry, okay?”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“I got your six.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“Tears, happy tears, fell from my eyes as I held on to the only person in the world that could take away all of my hurting with a simple smile.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“Love comes from the heart, lust comes ...lower”
― Teresa Mummert

“Love will hurt. If it doesn't hurt you are not doing it right. To truly love someone you must open yourself up to the pain that would be losing them.”
― Teresa Mummert

“If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?”
― Teresa Mummert

“You never truly understand what you are missing until you have it in your grasp and push it away.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“There are women who struggle to GAIN weight who are beautiful. There are women who struggle to LOSE weight who are beautiful. You know who is the most beautiful? Those who learn to love themselves the way they are. You don't need to change for ANYONE.”
― Teresa Mummert

“When I met her, I saw her as someone else who needed saving but she had saved me. She had given me hope when I had given up on everything in my life.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“Never give up. Things will get hard. No relationship is easy. You have to work through your problems as if tomorrow isn't guaranteed, because it's not. Never go to bed angry and always make sure you say I love you every chance you get.”
― Teresa Mummert, Suicide Note

“It wasn’t as easy for others to accept the darker side of themselves. Most like to cling to the notion that hesitation still marked the presence of morality. Deep down we were all just selfish animals. We liked to take… or be taken.”
― Teresa Mummert, Pretty Little Things

“I know i don't get the happily ever after. My knight and shinning armor took the highway detour around this godforsaken shit hole. I've made peace with that. That doesn't mean i'm going to lie down like a doormat and let every cocky prick in the trailer have his way with me." - White Trash Beautiful”
― Teresa Mummert, White Trash Beautiful