#tan

It was his fault, all of it, and yet her hatred for him was the worst kind of love, a tortured longing, a misguided wish that made her heart hammer in her chest. She couldn't ignore the disjointed sensation that they were now two different pieces of two different puzzles, and nothing in the world could make them fit together again. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#misunderstanding #puzzles #quarrel #relationship #love

Love is a feeling that is imposed on you. You cannot be lazy; it is up to you to make things work and make the best of it. ↗

— Kyra Gregory

#desire #feelings #love #relationships #sorrow

It’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#conformity #fitting-in #loving-yourself #misfit #not-fitting-in

A girl who truly knows herself is a girl that everybody else wants to know. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#confidence #finding-yourself #knowing-yourself #positive-thinking #self-acceptance

You cannot ask someone to like you or love you more than you like or love yourself. YOU have to set the standard. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#liking-yourself #loving-yourself #self-love #setting-the-standards #standards

Happily Single" is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#fairytales #happily-ever-after #happily-single #happiness #happy

Someone out there is looking for exactly what you've got…and will never try and undercut your value or question your worth. Some things in life just can’t be bartered over or placed on the sale rack – and your self-worth is at the top of the list. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#loving-yourself #not-settling #self-worth #standards #value

So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-different #being-yourself #conformity #different #fitting-in

Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#easy-to-get #hard-to-get #holding-out-for-the-best #knowing-your-worth #not-settling

Through my blue fingers, pink grains are falling, haphazard, random, a disorganized stream of silicone that seems pregnant with the possibility of every conceivable shape… But this is illusion. Things have their shape in time, not space alone. Some marble blocks have statues within them, embedded in their future. ↗

— Alan Moore

#inspirational #inspirational