“Just because you took longer than others doesn’t mean you failed. Remember that.”

“You are allowed to terminate toxic relationships. You are allowed to walk away from people who hurt you. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for taking care of yourself.”

“I just want someone to be truly happy because of me. Someone who is happy to see me, happy to hear me, happy to know me.”

“To have someone understand your mind is a different kind of intimacy.”

“The cost of not following your heart is spending the rest of your life wishing you had.”

“Someone who truly loves you, sees what a mess you can be, how moody you can get, and how hard you can be to handle, but still wants you.”

“It’s better to have nobody than someone who is half there, or who doesn’t want to be there.”

“Someday, someone is going to look at you with a light in their eyes you’ve never seen, they’ll look at you like you’re everything they’ve been looking for their entire lives. Wait for it.”