“Being vulnerable doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you trust yourself to be strong enough to handle the hurt. It’s actually the purest form of strength.”
“Maybe it doesn’t matter whether something is a coincidence or a sign. Maybe the best way to cope with the loss of the people we love is to find them in as many places and things as we possibly can. And in the off chance that the people we lose are still somehow able to hear us, maybe we should never stop talking to them.”
― Reminders of Him
― Reminders of Him
“It was like training yourself to live on the smell of an apple alone, when what you really wanted was to devour it, to sink your teeth into it and consume it, seeds, core, and all.”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
“Experience doesn’t always come professionally. Experience comes through the trials and tribulations of life, and a lot of the time, we have to grow up sooner than we expected.”
― Bridesmaid by Chance
― Bridesmaid by Chance
“Parents, she thought, learned to survive touching their children less and less.”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
“We try so hard to hide everything we’re really feeling from those who probably need to know our true feelings the most.”
― Maybe Someday
― Maybe Someday
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