“I’d spent so long trying to fit in, trying to be someone I wasn’t, that I had no idea who I was any more.”

— Dorothy Koomson, The Rose Petal Beach

Sometimes hope is killing us.

“Never make fun of someone’s passion because that’s the thing that saves them from the world.”

— Unknown

“Real tears are not those that fall from the eyes and cover the face, but those that fall from the heart and cover the soul.”

— Unknown

“In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go.”

— Unknown

Some people are not meant to be truly loved, even by their families. Give up!

“You said you liked storms, so I let you in. Turns out you only like a little rain, and I am a hurricane.”

— Unknown

“It was all she ever wanted: to dwell in peace, without the shadow of her past hunting her.”

— Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“I no longer know If I wish I to drown my self in love, vodka or the sea.”

— Franz Kafka

“Sometimes you could be doing everything right and thing will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.”

— Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn’t just being book-smart or having a college degree; it’s trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.”

— Tabatha Coffey (via thoughtkick)

“It doesn’t matter what your parents did or didn’t do. Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself.”

— Dr. Phil (via thoughtkick)

“You’re so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.”

— Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring (via perfectquote)

“I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold hearted. I’m like a collection of paradoxes.”

— Ferdinand de Saussure

“Don’t make up problems if there are none.”

— Unknown

“You can start over today. Right in this minute. It doesn’t have to be a monday or a new year to recreate yourself.”

— Unknown