The conflict between being different and wanting to be close to others. I felt different but I longed for friendship and love.

Anaïs Nin, from In Favor of the Sensitive Man: Essays; “On Truth and Reality,”

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

Roy T. Bennett

I've been walked on, used and forgotten and I don't regret one moment of it because in those moments, I've learned a lot. I've learned who I can trust and can't. I've learned the meaning of friendship. I've learned how to tell when people are lying and when they're sincere.

I wondered. Should I buy you flowers? Maybe chocolate? But no. They’re not enough. What would make you smile, The most genuinely. What would make you laugh, And grin wildly. That’s what I thought, As I set out that night, To buy you the ring. That’d make us each other’s, For the rest of our lives. And all the while, I had but one thing on my mind. You. All night.

#love #lovepoetry

I don't want to live forever, I just want the best moments to live, every second, every hour, every day savored to the fullest extent, every nuance of life treasured in my chest.

The world can be a lot bet­ter than we set­tle for. All you have to do is ask.

Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

Cutting ties with people who consistently hurt you is not enough; you must also cut ties with the version of you who allowed that shit to continue for as long as it did.

Art exists because life is not enough.

Ferreira Gullar

A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.

Paulo Coelho

Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

Ernest Hemingway

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.
Khalil GibranHow beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

Khalil Gibran

The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.

Maya Angelou

Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality – not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.

Roy T. Bennett