“You will hurt people. You will hurt, and you will be hurt. However, you will also love, and you will be loved in the most magnificent ways. To live life is to understand that together these extremes thrive within us — our heart is both a blessing and a blade. To put our soul into the hands of someone who could wound it or heal it is quite possibly the most courageously beautiful risk we take. It is like looking someone right in the eye and saying “You may hurt me, but you may also love me, and I am willing to take that chance. I am willing to trust.”
― Seeds Planted in Concrete
― Seeds Planted in Concrete
“never feel guilty for starting again”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
― The Sun and Her Flowers
“despite knowing
they won’t be here for long
they still choose to live
their brightest lives
- sunflowers”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
they won’t be here for long
they still choose to live
their brightest lives
- sunflowers”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
“what is the greatest lesson a woman should learn
that since day one
she's already had everything she needs within herself
it's the world that convinced her she did not”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
that since day one
she's already had everything she needs within herself
it's the world that convinced her she did not”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
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