Kindle Notes & Highlights
One of my strengths was my ability to pull myself together, even in the darkest of times.
It was always too hard to let myself break with somebody else around. I was used to putting together my pieces alone, to never let anybody in to help. Being independent to a fault could be tremendously lonely.
From time to time, there would be guys, never anything actually serious, never anything worthy, but always giving me a good dose of heartbreak.
I always equated being a beautiful woman with being worthy of love.
Why did it seem easier to stay in a mediocre job than to chase something bigger? I had a safety net.
Was this life giving me enough?
there was something more waiting for me. Over and over again, there is something more coming.
Why does the feeling of everything being too good to be true feel so bad? Why did I constantly feel like I didn’t deserve good things?
There was a knot in my stomach. I knew that even when great things happen, there was something bad that would follow.
What’s the saying? The higher you climb, the further you fall? Why was I always preparing myself for disaster?
There was so much of me who felt like I didn’t deserve a big love–it was probably why I never went out chasing it.
would you rather only wear the color green for a year or have all the hair on your body be hot pink for six months. We ran through several scenarios of what we’d do if we won $500 million dollars, each one including rescuing animals and traveling. One scenario included buying a zoo; another involved a private jet and all the islands in the world.
Why did that backwards hat instantly amplify his sexiness?
Fast in love but a perfect pairing."
Somebody could only be second best for so long. She didn’t want to settle anymore.
My wish is that you are never chosen second, that you are equals in the relationship you create.
It’s like, you have a full pot of water. Sometimes, the heat is on low, just little bubbles forming. Other times, the heat rises, but before you could let it boil over, you know how to lower the heat again, keeping all the water in the pot. But now, so much is coming at you, being thrown at you, there’s no way to turn the heat down. Not because you can’t, but because there is a new layer of heat being added moment by moment. Nothing you can do will be able to stop it from exploding, to no fault of your own.
Love me for who I am, that’s all I ask."
He didn’t complete me because as a person. I wasn’t missing anything. What he did was complement all the pieces of me, just as I did for him. Together, we weren’t one; we were still our individual selves. Instead, we were a dynamic duo that I’ve come to rely on.
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought."
I want to spend our entire lives loving you, growing with you and reminding you that you are everything to me. My life was never whole until you came back into it, I promise to make sure that your life is whole as long as I’m in it.
Normally I was this worst-case scenario person, but not when it came to him.
When two people have a connection and a bond the way you two do, there’s no sense in waiting. At the end of the day, you are each choosing a life together. You would be choosing that life whether or not there was a ring on either of your fingers. Choosing to be partners each day is the most wonderful thing you will ever do.
All roads, no matter how windy, led me here. They led me to you."
I don’t think it’s wise or healthy to wish that things were changed. We’re all just a product of everybody’s decisions, good or bad. It’s how we handle them and grow from them.
I’m here to share your burden. I’m here to make your heavy lifting lighter. I get why you did that, and I do appreciate what you did for me. I’m always going to worry about you, even on our best days. Promise me you’ll always let me."
it was easier for me to just continuously pile on everybody's issues, ignoring my own limits or capacity.
Sliding into the dress I’d wear to marry a man I never would think I deserved felt unreal.
