Hope

“You have to love me twice as much now," she said.
And then Ove lied to her for the second - and last - time: he said that he would. Even though he knew it wasn't possible for him to love her anymore than he already did.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Rejection isn’t just an emotion we feel. It’s a message that’s sent to the core of who we are, causing us to believe lies about ourselves, others, and God. We connect an event from today to something harsh someone once said. That person’s line becomes a label. The label becomes a lie. And the lie becomes a liability in how we think about ourselves and interact in every future relationship.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

“it took me getting into a healthy relationship to realize i shouldn’t be scared of the person i love”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“To err once is human; to err twice is idiotic.”
― Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest