“It’s just recognizing the fact that we control our thoughts and our thoughts control our lives. This is an extremely simple, totally straightforward concept, but for a lot of people, it’s so alien that it might as well be magic.”
― #GIRLBOSS
― #GIRLBOSS
“It’s all possible but neither of us speaks for a long time and the moment closes and we’re back in the world we’ve always known.”
― This Is How You Lose Her
― This Is How You Lose Her
“Spend money because it's an investment in your own well-being, not because you're bored and have nothing else to do.”
― #Girlboss
― #Girlboss
“After all, the way I see it, it takes only one person to murder you. It also takes only one person to fill your heart with the kind of joy that slaps you straight off your high horse. For the first time in a long time, I found myself believing in the possibility of both.”
― Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
― Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
“And then there’s me, terribly afraid to step out of the box and date someone different. Afraid to get hurt in a different, more complex way—by somebody who I actually trust and care about. My biggest fear. Nice guy was a bad word to me because I feared that lurching-stomach feeling of losing someone I love. Nice meant future, and the future was always uncertain.”
― Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
― Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
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