I Didn't Know I Needed This: The New Rules for Flirting, Feeling, and Finding Yourself—An Unfiltered Relationship Manual with Candid Insights, Embrace the Chaos of Modern Dating

by Eli Rallo

Who the fuck are you? You are one of a kind. Which is pretty fucking cool. When you’ve got nothing else, you have the knowledge that there’s only one of your brain. One set of your fingerprints. You are an amalgamation of memories and hard days and great days and your favorite season and smell and that one linen dress. You are a work in progress, you are a Picasso, you are a national treasure, you are trying your best, you are so fucking interesting—and there are people out there who will get to know you one day, and call their mom and say, “she’s just incredible.” You are a fully formed and valid and hot and exciting and sad and sexy and lost human being all on your own. You’ve been equipped with everything you need to go through it all. You are whole, and any person entering your life—friend, lover, or otherwise, will only add to your overflowing cup. You have your goals, you have your cake and sometimes life gets so good you get to eat it, too. Light the candles and make a wish; it’s someone’s birthday every day, after all.