One day you'll wake up... hard, face down on the concrete. Your body will ache, but it will be nothing compared to the pain that exists deep within your heart. And eventually, when the scabs form and the scars settle in, you'll realize the only thing gained from loving a certain person is the knowledge gained from what you don't want. i hope you find whatever peace you can in that truth. -Erin Forquer

"Often, it's the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them."

It's important to feel other peoples' pain. But don't let it allow you to forget your own. Because when you forget the pain, you forget the love, too. -Erin Forquer

Let it be known that I was who I am. 

I used to write this for you... Then in spite of you.... And then because of you... Now, I write this for me. Because my journey didn't begin, or end, with you. And that is both liberating and overwhelming.

First you broke in and you stole my loneliness. But then you gave it back, and took everything good with you. But I'll track it down again.

Love me 'til I'm me again. 

Sometimes, you just have to give life a chance. And remember, no matter what it throws at you, that life is worth living. But sometimes you have to give it a chance to prove it to you.

Sometimes, the greatest gift we can learn, is unlearning all the damage, hate, and doubt that the world has taught us.

Forget what we're told, before we get too old. 

-Snow Patrol

Sometimes, we find our truths in ugly places. But sometimes, we find our saviors there, too.

Quote: Erin Forquer

And it was. It was worth it. I have the scars to prove it.

It took me a while to get it. Maybe too long. Maybe too soon. But at least I know what's true to me.

With the pain, comes understanding. -Erin Forquer

Anne Frank once said “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” I think that's pretty true of humanity, too.

“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”

-Anne Frank

Don't stop fighting. But most of all, don't stop believing there is something worth fighting for (it's your life).

Ever tried?

Ever failed?

No matter. 

Try again. 

Fail again. 

Fail better.

-Samuel Beckett

Don't let love conquer you. It's there for you to find- conquer all the defenses you've built against it.

Don't let the fear of losing something hold you back. And if you do lose it, then it was never really yours at all.

Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.

-C.S. Lewis

There are so many people I can't wait to meet. I hope we find each other, and that I see you.... really see you.

Let everything happen to you. But don't let it break you.

Let everything happen to you. 

Beauty & terror. 

Just keep going,

No feeling is final. 

-Rilke

The most meaningful things, are often the most uncomfortable. But that's when growth happens.

In the scheme of things, life may be short. But it's the longest thing you'll ever do. So do something with it.

More often than not, the parts of ourselves that we hide from the world, end up hiding a whole world from us.

Quote: Shel Silverstein

I might be fragile, but I am also mendable. Sometimes, I have to remind myself of that.

There are so many fragile things, after all.  

People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts. 

-Neil Gaiman

I wonder about all the beautiful moments I've missed out on, because we're all so scared to be truly vulnerable.

I wish I could have mercy, or peace, for my own beat-up life.

-The Secret life of Bees

Maybe I loved you more than you loved me. But I would rather love too much, than not enough.

To the people who lift my soul, please stay. And to the people who steal from it, I hope I'm strong enough to say goodbye.

New York I love you for all of the crazy, beautiful, wonderful people who currently inhabit you. I’ve never felt a love like you before.

“You’re already home where you feel love.”  

Don't look back. And don't regret your choices. Not unless you plan to build on your past.

If you ever find yourself looking at someone and thinking, 'you care too much,' don't say it to them. Instead, tell them you love them, and you're luckier than hell that they crossed paths with your life. -Erin Forquer

Hold onto whatever you can, with whatever you have left. Until it's time to let go.

Sometimes, the world breaks my heart. -Erin Forquer

I hope you find your exception.. to every rule

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.. but you are my only exception. 

Life is ambiguous. So live your questions now. Because the answers will not be revealed until they make the least amount of sense.

Art is a lie that tells the truth. -Picasso

Life is a contradiction. The best you can do is try to find beauty in the pain. -Erin Forquer

There is always light, and peace, in being who you are (even if the world disagrees).

-e.e. cummings

-Steinbeck

Hold onto what you can... hold onto what keeps you alive.

Maybe, we have to believe in the things we don't believe are permanent....

I'm still in mourning

over ghosts that broke my heart

before I met you. 

-Laura Marling

Our arrival might not end up where we expected, but it's where we're supposed to be. Don't let the pain deter you.

-Quote A.J. Cook

-Quote Erin Forquer

If people would look out at each other, the way they look up at the stars, the world wouldn't be such a lonely place.

Mockingbirds don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. I wish people were so kind to each other.

"I think there's only one kind of folks... Folks."

-To Kill a Mockingbird

A reminder... for the days when I wish my heart was as numb as my legs.

My heart has an elephant's memory (for pain).

"Will you ever be able to forgive me?"

"I don’t know. I hope so. But the heart has a memory of it’s own." -Erin Forquer

Sometimes things happen to us.. and sometimes, people do too.

You want to know what happened to me? YOU. You, happened.. to me.

Maybe all my fears, about everything, boiled down to one thing: what if you need them, but they don't need you?