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But when you are depressed, the only person they blame is you. They look at you with judging eyes, wondering why you can’t simply snap out of it. As if it was a choice you were making on purpose, choosing to remain in mental anguish, and revel in it.
His hair was now smashed under a backwards baseball hat. His trademark grin spread across his face as he approached me.
I’ll always be a slut for the backwards cap
story. I was a bitter sceptic trapped inside a hopeless romantic’s body – it was my curse.
Love stories are like religion; people need something to believe in, something to cling to, even if they never actually find out whether it exists.
Why apologize for something that you meant to say or do? People are only sorry because they don’t want the other person to continue to be upset. It’s like when someone kisses a wound; it doesn’t actually make it feel better – it’s just something people do.”
“It’s always the people who you are closest to that hurt you. And they’re the ones you can’t let go of.”
in life, you have to give yourself closure. Let it go. You’ll drive yourself crazy otherwise.
Everyone kept telling me that I would feel better in time, but when you’re waiting to feel better, time feels like your worst enemy.
It’s like an eternal feeling of wanting to go home, but never actually getting there. I’m stuck searching for that sense of comfort, not knowing if I’ll ever feel it again.
Guilt is as strong an addiction as any; she forces your mind to become her handmaiden, creating thoughts and emotions that validate and perpetuate her.
Getting through tough times is something that nobody ever teaches you how to do. You either pick yourself up, or you don’t.”
It’s funny to think how you were right under each other’s noses all along. Sometimes, you’re not ready to meet someone until you reach a certain point in your life.
