Tim

“When you love someone... truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt—you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it's crippling—like having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough... but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that?”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry

“I’m hard to love, but I love hard, like my heart is the sun yearning to tan your naked body. I promise I won’t burn you.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale

“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

“There is nothing that threatens a corrupt system more than a free mind.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem