It is no surprise to me that hardly anyone tells the truth about how they feel. The smart ones keep themselves to themselves for good reason. Why would you want to tell anyone anything that’s dear to you? Even when you like them and want nothing more than to be closer than close to them? It’s so painful to be next to someone you feel strongly about and know you can’t say the things you want to.
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| — | Henry Rollins |
Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you.
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| — | Stephanie Meyer |
Loss is never one-sided, ” I say. “Maybe most of the pain that comes from loss is that people imagine it is one-sided.
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| — | Jill Davis |
There are those hearts that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.
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| — | Kaite CaMillo |
Sometimes I think this is what life is all about - hanging on when your heart's had enough, and giving more when you want to give up.
Someone once told me that the power in all relationships lies with whoever cares less, and he was right. But power isn’t happiness, and I think that maybe happiness comes from caring more about people rather than less.
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| — | Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past |
