we all have stories we'll never tell

“It takes strength to be firm, it takes courage to be gentle. It takes strength to conquer, it takes courage to surrender. It takes strength to be certain, it takes courage to have doubt. It takes strength to fit in, it takes courage to stand out. It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain, it takes courage to feel your own pain. It takes strength to endure abuse, it takes courage to stop it. It takes strength to stand alone, it takes courage to lean on another. It takes strength to love, it takes courage to be loved. It takes strength to survive, it takes courage to live.”

“I’ve learned to go with my gut, and that it’s okay to make mistakes because the ones that matter, won’t care. I’ve learned that love really is as great as they say it is. I’ve learned that your friends can save you from your worst enemy: yourself. And most importantly, I’ve learned that today is all we have.”

“Sure, I will get hurt, but I can handle it.”

“But the thing I want you to see most is that I survived without you.”

“There’s another thing to learn about tears: They can’t make somebody who doesn’t love you anymore love you again.”

“When you have to do the right thing you don’t worry about what happens next. You just do it. And you trust that doing the right thing will get you through somehow. And you don’t worry about dying because living with it is worse.”

“Take some time and learn to breathe and remember what it means to feel alive and to believe something more than what you see. I know there’s a price for this, but some things in life you must resist.”

“You might not always end up where you thought you were going to, but you will always end up where you were meant to be.”

“The most courageous act is to think for yourself.”

“Society is afraid of alone, like people must have problems if, after a while, nobody is dating them. But lonely is a freedom that breathes easy and weightless. Lonely is healing if you make it.”