And the harsh reality of life is that you are going to hurt. You're going to cry over a silly boy - your heart's going to be broken. But you have to pull yourself together so people don't see how vulnerable you are because once people see vulnerability, they take advantage of you. And the whole process starts all over again.

Tell her why she's perfect for you. Pick her up and pretend like you're going to throw her in the pool, she'll scream and fight you, but secretly she'll love it. Protect her. Hold her hand when you talk to her. Look at her like she'e the only girl you ever want to be with. When she least expects it, pull her in close and kiss her hard. Tell her she looks beautiful. Tickle her, even if she says stop. Get her mad, then kiss her. Let her fall asleep in your arms. Call her. Give her piggy-back rides. Kiss her forehead. Be slow. Don't push anything. Make her feel loved. Kiss her in the rain. And when you fall in love with her; tell her.

I'm disgusted with the path you took. I hate to break this to you, but being a coward is not a legitimate career. At least I'm not a liar. I was taught when you have something good, what you're supposed to do is hang on to it. You know? You hang onto it with both hands. And if someone tries to take it from you, what you do is make sure they pry it from your cold, dead fingers.

Life is imperfect, but everyone always strives to look perfect, be perfect, have the perfect moment, and it's all make-believe. So in reality, life is a fairytale, but not the normal kind of fairytale that's written about in kids' books; the imperfect kind of fairytale that no one wants to hear about, but they need to. Because that's life and it's the only way you're going to learn.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind; but you can change yourself. That is something that you have charge of.

You act like I am going to give my heart to anyone, like on of those smiley face stickers at Wal-Mart. "Hello, please take my heart, & have a nice day." No way, I'm waiting for the guy who is going to sweep me off my feet.

Lightning doesn't often strike the same place twice. It's a once in a lifetime thing, even if it feels like the shock is coming over and over again. Eventually the pain will go away, the shock will wear off, and you start to heal yourself, to recover from something you never saw coming. But sometimes the odds are in your favor. If you're in the right place at just the right time, you can take a hell of a hit and still have a shot of surviving

Life is much like the ocean the deeper you go the more pressure there is upon you, there will forever be times were we simply need to come up for air and release that pressure.

Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end.

This is failure. It’s that moment when you realize that a choice you made, or something you did, has fully changed the course of your life. But what matters even more than this truth is what you do choose to do once you know it. The tendency may be to curl up in the fetal position and wait for things to improve. But if you can somehow manage to take a breath and look around you, you might just spot another path you hadn’t seen before. It may not be easy to walk, especially the beginning. But all that really matters is that it’s there.

We live in a world of worse-case scenarios. We cut ourselves off from hoping for the best, because too many times, the best doesn't happen. But every now and then, something extraordinary occurs.And suddenly, best case scenarios seem possible.Every now and then, something amazing happens. And, against our better judgement, we start to have hope.

You talk about the things you've been through. How my happy perfect doesn't ring true. As badly as you've been hurt by your love story how could you bring yourself to do the same to mine?

I've been the girl-middle finger in the air, unaffected by rumors. The truth: I don't care. So open your mouth and stick out your tongue, you might as well let go. You can't take back what you've done.

I like deep conversations. The ones where you can just sit down with one of your close friends and completely spill out your thoughts/feelings. Like how you're doing, what may be currently bothering you, what's stressing you out, etc. And the best part, getting feedback or advice from that person you're taking to that might actually understand what you're going through. It makes me feel less alone, and happier that I don't have to keep bottling up all of my emotions.

Cause some things just don't change, it's better when they stay the same although the whole world knows your name. So on the biggest days they came to see you spit your game. It shouldn't be difficult to explain just why you came back again, you hate the fame. Love the game, cold as ice you remain. Fuck em' all, tell 'em all eat shit, here we go again.

I find it really hard to accept that some things in life will never go back to the way it used to be, and all I can do is think about it all the time, wishing I could relive it. When I close my eyes, I think about all the good times we had, but it's all in the past and I can never get it back. I loved those days and I miss them so much. It hurts to know that those memories will always stay in my mind no matter what I do, but I know it's impossible to go back

you know what? yes I have changed. I'm not as nice as I used to be, I don't want to get used & walked all over. I don't trust everyone, because behind every fake smile is a backstabbing bitch. I distance myself from people because all they're going to do is leave in the end. I have changed, because I realized I'm the only person I can depend on

You know.. when you sit there and promise a girl you'll always be there when the rest of the world walks out; she expects you to be there. Not break your promise. That -kinda- fucks shit up. Just sayin'

Because when she's not talking to him, she's not happy. And it really sucks and it's really stupid to allow yourself to rely on someone so severely, but she couldn't help it. She told herself, and all her friends, and anybody that cared to ask, that yeah, she was over it. They hadn't talked in a week, but that was okay. So, how come her heart still raced and her stomach still dropped whenever she saw his name?

don't ever let life but you down, just know that you'll be you at some point you'll change, but life's not going to do that for you. you're going to have to seek and find how that works, but just don't let anyone stop you from doing what you need to do.

Anyone can make you smile, many people can make you cry, but it takes someone really special to make you smile with tears in your eyes.

I hope that you know months ago, I was his first call in the morning and his last thought at night. I hope you know that I was his first love, that I was there before you. I wiped away the tears and held him through the rough nights; and now all your getting is my sloppy seconds, because dear, he still tells me that he cares and to you? He only whispers it when he's unbuttoning your shirt.

guys have a fight, there's a punch, it's over. girls don't fight fair. they gang up, they keep secrets, they plot.  they can cut you down with a look.

I'm the best friend, but never the romance, i'm the hook up but never the commitment, i'm a close second but never the perfect one.

i think best friends are the ones who have been through what you've been through. they understand where you're coming from and where you're going. it's always a challenge to stick by a friend who's making choices we don't agree with and are sometimes even dangerous, but its at these times that our best friends need us the most.