“I think you have to understand that just because there are prettier people, you are not ugly. And maybe there are skinnier people, but you are not fat. And yes, maybe there are smarter people, but you are not dumb. And the truth is that somebody’s going to love you just the way you are, and it’s not going to matter that there are prettier, skinnier or smarter people. Because to at least one person, you’re going to be absolute perfection, and they’re going to fall in love with you. But before that happens, don’t be afraid to fall in love with yourself.”

“You can’t get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn’t help you.”

“How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.”

“Stop giving people power to control your smile, your worth, and your attitude.”

“I loved you in a way I wished someone would love me.”

“I lay awake and thought about the girls he was kissing. I wondered if they looked like me; if they tasted the same. I thought how passion had a taste. Nonchalance too. And love, love had a taste that was hard to describe. It was like being filled to the brim, it was like being ignorant of emptiness and hunger. I lay awake and wondered if he was happy. I thought he must be bursting with it, or maybe he was just like me. Maybe he was trying to fill the space with girls who always left him emptier than before. Maybe he would remember me and regret the way we ended. Or maybe he was in love and I was the only one who couldn’t move on. Maybe I was just projecting my own feelings onto him. I lay awake and wished he would call. I wanted to hear him speak, even if it was just to talk about the weather. You don’t realise how much you can miss a person’s voice until they’ve stopped talking. But he never called, and I was too tired to sleep, so I lay awake and just wondered. I wondered how he was doing.”

“Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy the moments. The moments to come, the moments that have been and the moment you’re living right now. The small and meaningless moments in life, the ones which are over in the blink of an eye, enjoy them. Enjoy them whilst you can, because one day you’re going to wish you had. One day you’re going to realize that those small moments are the ones you’re going to want to tell other people about. Enjoy the moments. At the end of the day, they’re all you have.”

“We often want it so badly that we ruin it before it begins. Overthinking. Fantasizing. Imagining. Expecting. Worrying. Doubting. Just let it naturally evolve.”