Jessica

“I was the woman that suspected every man’s kind word held a motive. I was the woman that disbelieved every compliment—the woman that pulled away the moment a man got close because I couldn’t see how they could possibly be genuine. Why on earth would they want me? I was the woman that could play confident really well, that could sometimes even convince my mind that I was the confident woman I so desperately wanted to be. But deep inside, in my core, I was still that woman who didn’t love herself enough to truly believe that anyone else could love her back.”
― Bethany Claire, Love Beyond Words

“She was fragile and even a little broken, but she would not always be this way. She would once more find her way, and one day, she would find some pleasure in living. But not today, and perhaps not tomorrow either.”
― Rachael Miles, Tempting the Earl

“The Washington Post reported in 1995 that Americans were “fatter than ever before,” and that one of the leading theories why was because “a decade of dieting mania has actually made people fatter.”56”
― Christy Harrison, Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating

“Happily Single" is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence