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To everyone who has been underestimated. I hope you prove everyone wrong, including yourself.
If I had known I was going to die tonight, I would have worn sexier underwear.
Everything about him feels familiar, all the way down to the ache in my chest that never left, even after he did.
a woman should be two things—armed and dangerous.”
He broke your heart. Start acting like it.
“What day is it?” “May third.”
sin postre no entran
Procrastinating never gets you anything but trouble.
I wish I had never used your addiction against you and said all those hurtful things I did in the first place,
You were never a failure, kid. I was.
“Ignoring the truth won’t make it any less real.”
I wish I was different. Stronger. Sober.”
“He can’t even fight for himself right now, let alone you.”
I tend to make poor decisions when under duress.
It’s a shitty coping mechanism, but I usually only have two modes: taking small sips from my flask throughout the day to take the edge off my anxiety or getting hammered because I can’t stop drinking.
Since when has drinking solved any of your problems? I’m not looking to solve them. I’m trying to numb them.
My brothers have the emotional intelligence of toddlers and personalities equivalent to beige paint, yet they both achieved something I never could. They found happiness and love with someone else.
“You always deserved better than me.” I rip my arm free of his hold. “No. I deserved better from you.”
Jesus, take the wheel and drive me off the nearest cliff please.
the guy who excels at failing.”
Grief is a strange thing. It comes and goes, usually at the most inconvenient time, turning our lives upside down while we process the loss yet again.
Why do the things that feel the best always hurt us the most?
It took me a long time to realize loving someone didn’t mean accepting them for all their faults, but to call them out on their issues because you care enough to not want them to suffer.
“Not speaking about it doesn’t change what we did.” “I’m not trying to change it. I’m trying to forget it.”
a part of you will always love a part of her, no matter how hard you try to deny it.”
Get drunk on life, not alcohol.
Alcohol won’t change your reality. I’m not looking to change it, but rather cope with it.
“Alana might be yours now, but I’ll always be her first in every way that counts.” First kiss. First love. First heartbreak. No matter how hard Wyatt tries, he will never be able to erase our history, even long after I leave this godforsaken town for the final time.
“If you don’t mind, I’d rather eat my dinner in peace without your toxic masculinity stinking up the place.”
“He’s not that bad.” “What a glowing review for a guy who probably couldn’t find your clit even if it was labeled with a neon sign.”
I understand what it feels like to lose someone you love to something you can’t control.”
“Get angry. Get loud, but don’t get violent. You’re better than that.”
Sometimes it is those with the loudest voices who struggle the hardest.
No matter how much I love him, it was and never will be enough so long as he doesn’t love himself. That much I know to be true.
“Apologizing doesn’t mean anything when you have no intention of fixing the problem in the first place.”
“Behave or else.” His sultry voice makes my heart jolt. I turn to glare at him. “Or else what?” “Don’t taunt me.”
“You’re scheming. I can tell by the little sparkle in your eye. It’s the same one you always got right before you goaded me into doing something I knew I’d regret.”
“It’s not my fault that you couldn’t turn down a dare.” “That’s what I made you think. I was just miserably trying to impress you, even if it meant risking a few broken bones and a criminal record to do so.”
stock market assholes who are obsessed with anal because regular sex is ‘too intimate.’”
you’ll miss out on all the things you could have done if you just asked yourself why not instead of what if.”
At this point in my life, I’ve had more therapists than friends, and neither stick around for long given my issues.
“Valuing your money means knowing where to spend it, not how.”
“Please, no need to call me God outside of the bedroom. It gives me a complex.”
Growing up doesn’t mean giving up on all your dreams.”
“Since when do you read?” “It took me a few decades, but I finally got the hang of it.”
It’s the people we love most who always hurt us the hardest.
Sana, sana, colita de rana?”
“Si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana,”
You’ll never be able to hate him and you know it.
“I’m going to kill you,” I seethe. “Then I might as well make this worth losing my life over.”
