nicole

“The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment you need to walk away from them.”
― Alysia Harris

“Let someone love you just the way you are - as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.”
― Marc Hack

“I haven’t been quite as smart about living as I have been about working. At work, everything was about precision and efficiency, while in my life everything has been about daydreaming, longing, and confusion.”
― Laura Restrepo, Hot Sur

“That's the problem with putting others first; you've taught them you come second.”
― Anonymous