Sam

“Don't worry about dying, because while you're worried about that, you won't notice the thousand tiny ways that you die every day.
Every time someone tells you to grow up.
Each time someone tells you to be realistic.
Every time someone tells you that you're too much and not enough, all at once.
Don't listen to them.
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than who you used to be.
It doesn't feel like it now, but one day you'll be scared of becoming the person you are today.
Actually, you'll but scared that you never stopped being that person.
People come and go. Some are cigarette breaks and others are wildfires.
Some people take more than they give. They take it and they never give it back and it doesn't matter how tightly they hold you or how often they kiss you, it will never be enough to replace what they took.
Don't let them.
If they want to leave, let them.
You can miss someone, but not want them back.
You can want to know why, but still ignore your phone when they call.
But never regret something you once wanted.
Because if you let it, like Dev says, it will grow and grow until there's no room for anything else.
For anyone else.
There's a difference between those people and the one who love you, even if you question it because they don't say it in the way you need to hear it. Not everyone knows how to say I love you, so learn to hear the different ways they tell you. They say it all the time. Even if it's just, "Don't forget your gloves" or, "Have you eaten anything today?"
Make sure you're listening.
It's okay to take the songs you skip off your playlist.
It's okay not to finish the book if it feels like a closed door, not a window.
It's okay not to get married, if you don't want to.
It's okay not to have kids, if you don't want them.
It's okay not to know all of this yet.”
― Tanya Byrne, Afterlove