“Apologizing Does Not Always Mean You’re Wrong And The Other Person Is Right. It Just Means You Value

The Blue Room (2014)

Katherine Larson, from Radial Symmetry; “Lake of little birds”

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“Not everyone who comes into our life is meant to stay. So stop holding onto people who clearly don’t want to be with you.”

— Unknown

You were suspicious of their feelings because you had no reason to love yourself—not your body, not your mind. You rejected so much gentleness. What were you looking for?

Carmen Maria Machado, from In the Dream House: A Memoir

the average person kills themselves 4 times a day

“If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.”

— Elif Shafak