“The Broken Will Always Be Able To Love Harder Than Most. Once You’ve Been In The Dark, You Learn

If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

Lemony Snicket

𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨. 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧. 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨.

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

Clarice Lispector, from “That’s Where I’m Going”, Soulstorm: Stories (tr. Alexis Levitin)

"I've tried getting better, did all of the twelve steps / Whoever would'a thought? Whoever could've guessed? / The harder that I chase it, the further that it gets"

-Grandson, Riptide

"The truth is, I need help but I can't imagine who I'd be if I was happy?"

NF - Happy

“You don’t need another human being to make your life complete, but let’s be honest. Having you wounds kissed by someone who doesn’t see them as disasters in your soul but cracks to put their love into is the most calming thing in this world.”

— Emery Allen

“When you love someone you protect them from the pain, you don’t become the cause of it.”

— Unknown

Meeeeeee fr

“If you don’t love yourself you will always be chasing after people who don’t love you either.”

— Mandy Hale