We are all searching for connection. Every social dancer is after that mysterious out-of-body, dreamlike, timeless experience with another person when the bodies move in perfect harmony with the music. This is because our bodies are driven by the desire to connect with other bodies, to be touched in meaningful ways.
I realized once I was pregnant that I’d rather be happy and alone than married and unhappy.
I do not wish the worst on you. I do not think you deserve to feel pain. My love for you just died.
I am a woman who is 100% confident in who she is and what she wants, but I am also a woman who is 100% insecure.
Don’t let anyone make you feel like you’re not worthy because you’re not where they expect you to be.
Why did you let me go on texting you and telling you how much I wanted to meet you so I could stop imagining things?
I don’t understand how you can build a friendship with someone and allow them to imagine this fantasy life or situation with you and then just disappear.
It’s not that it’s easy to let you go. It’s that I’ve been hurt so many times before.
4. No one can make you feel bad without your permission. That includes yourself.
I sate my appetite with ersatz, not quite ready for the real thing, or maybe too afraid to want the real thing for fear that it will get taken away again.