one.

i still believe that
all you need is love.
-- John Lennon

two.

tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything. creating chaos. you wait for the dust to settle and then you choose. you can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild.
-- Veronica Mars

three.

you kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. all you're gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. in the end, it does nothing. nothing changes. the world goes on and you're gone. the best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. -- Eddie Vedder

four.

when you have to do the right thing, you don't worry about what happens next. you just do it. and you trust that doing the right thing will get you through somehow. and you don't worry about dying because living with it is worse. she got to leave the ugliest thing in her life behind, while most of us are stuck on the side of the road as people slow down to catch a glimpse of our tragedies.

five.

Danny: does he make you laugh?
Tess: he doesn't make me cry.
-- Oceans Eleven

six.

there is a crack in everything.
that's how the light gets in.

seven.

it's when you hold eye contact for that second too long or maybe the way you laugh. it sets off a flash, adn our memories take a picture of who we are at that point when we first know "this is love." and we clutch that picture to our hearts because we expect each other to always be the people in that picture. but people change. people aren't pictures. and you can either take a new picture, or throw the old one away. -- pleasefindthis

eight.

because no matter where you run,
you only end up running into yourself.

nine.

we are the makers of music,
and the dreamers of dreams.
-- Willy Wonka

ten.

you don't love him; you don't know how to love people. you only know how to own them. and because people will never act just like
you want them to, you'll always feel betrayed. and because everybody dies, you'll always feel cheated. but you're the cheat. you're the one who uses our love to try to control us.

eleven.

live like you're at the bottom,
even if you're at the top.

twelve.

you think bravery is to fight and courage
is to die. but the bravest ones stand
in front of those who would die and say,
"we will not fight. because courage is to live."
-- pleasefindthis

one.

i never believed in much,
but i believed in you.
-- Neil Young

two.

i've always been a tough girl.
sometimes i wish it wasn't
the way i was raised to be.

three.

nobody asked for life to deal us
with these bullshit hands we're dealt.
we gotta take these cards ourselves
and flip 'em, don't expect no help.
-- Eminem (lyrics)

four.

if my heart was a compass,
you'd be North.

five.

because once upon a time, we were best friends. and yes, there's been a lot of bad stuff in between. but none of that matters right now, okay? you need me, i'm there. any time, any place, anywhere. -- Dawson's Creek

six.

you need to listen to everyone.
learn from everything.
and believe none of it.
-- pleasefindthis

seven.

somebody asked me if i knew you,
and all i could say was "i used to."

eight.

so now, alone or not, you've got a walk ahead.
thing to remember is, if we're all alone,
then we're all together in that too.
-- P.S. I Love You

nine.

"go after her. fuck, don't sit there and wait for her to call, go after her because that's what you should do if you love someone, don't wait for them to give you a sign cause it might never come, don't let people happen to you, don't let me happen to you, or her, she's not a fucking television show or a tornado. there are people i might have loved had they gotten on the airplane or run down the street after me or called me up drunk at four in the morning because they need to tell me right now and because they cannot regret this, and i always thought i'd be the only one doing crazy things for people who would never give enough of a fuck to do it back or to act like idiots or to be entirely vulnerable and honest. and making someone fall in love with you is easy, and flying 3000 miles on four days notice because you can't just sit there and do nothing and breathing into telephones is not everyone's idea of love, but it is the way i can recognize it because that is what i do. go scream it and be with her in meaningful ways because that is beautiful and that is generous and that is what loving someone is, that is raw and that is unguarded, and
that is all that is worth anything, really."

ten.

i've wasted more time
dreaming than living.

eleven.

i think you were always pretending. maybe you even fooled yourself. but one thing is certain. you were never an ordinary girl, and you could never lead an ordinary life. -- Orson Scott Card

twelve.

it's not as dark as you think it is.
all you need to do is let your eyes
adjust to the light.

-- pleasefindthis

one.

there's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed, and that only a fool will continue. the truth is, i've always been a fool.
-- Big Fish

two.

every shadow, no matter how deep,
is threatened by morning light.

three.

right now i want a word that describes the feeling you get - a cold, sick feeling deep down inside - when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don't want it to, but you can't stop it. and you know, for the first time, for the very first time, that there will now be a before and an after, a was and a will be. and that you will never again be quite the person you were. -- Jennifer Donnelly

four.

a laundry list of problems
doesn't make you interesting,
and never getting help
doesn't make you brave.

five.

i made a lot of mistakes before i got to you,
(each one honest and none that i regret).
the same way a tree bends in the wind and
twists and turns before it can touch the sky.
-- pleasefindthis

six.

i'd like to stay a secret, like walking in the dark.
if no one knows you,  no one cares,
so no one breaks your heart.

seven.

the bad thing about falling to pieces is that it hurts. the good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards, you've got nothing left to protect, and so you have no reason not to be honest. -- David James Duncan

eight.

i want a simple love, that is full of laughter and smiles and is never-ending. i want to hold someone's hand and know i'm home. i want to wear a pretty white dress and walk into the chapel and watch his face light up. i want to be naive, head-over-heels, and completely senseless but completely in love. i want to sit in rocking chairs at 80 years old, next to the one person who has never left and who made me better, adn not regret one single second of my life. i hope i'll find this someday. until then, i'm happy to wait.

nine.

when all you wanted, was to be wanted,
wish you could go back and tell yourself
what you know now. -- Taylor Swift (lyrics)

ten.

all we have is now, and right now,
we have each other. -- Crossroads

eleven.

just because someone doesn't love you
the way you want them to doesn't mean
they don't love you with all they have.

twelve.

i'm going to set you free
because i don't deserve you.
i deserve better.

thirteen.

i don't need you to love me. but you have to open up your heart to somebody. you've gotta let someone discover how staggering you are. just don't be alone. that i can't live with.
-- One Tree Hill

fourteen.

be original, be yourself.
because the last time someone tried
to make everyone the same,
eleven million people died.

fifteen.

i'll understand your silence. because sometimes,
you'll have to understand mine.
-- pleasefindthis

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one.

if you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. -- Michael Jackson

two.

insomnia is a kind of torture because while the world is fast asleep, you're up all alone, your mind buzzing with each random thought in the universe. and sometimes the thoughts will reach a standstill, and your mind goes blank. you become more aware of the silence. and it is during this moment that you realize
how alone you are.

three.

don't look back
unless it's a good view.

four.

we spend so much darn time
looking for love and not even close
to enough time looking for ourselves.
-- Keltie Colleen

five.

someone, someday, is going to walk
into your life and make you realize why
it never worked out with anyone else.

six.

did you say it? 'i love you. i don't ever want to live without you. you changed my life.' did you say it? make a plan. set a goal. work toward it, but every now and then, look around; drink it in, 'cause this it. it might all be gone tomorrow. -- Grey's Anatomy

seven.

you and i will always be
unfinished business.

eight.

it's not always that easy to distinguish
the good guys from the bad guys.
sinners can surprise you, and the same
is true for saints. why do we try to define
people as simply good or evil? because
no one wants to admit that compassion &
cruelty can live side by side in one heart.
and that anyone is capable of anything.
-- Desperate Housewives

nine.

i'm letting go of everything i used to love,
dropping all the things i cared about,
and for once i'm doing everything for myself.
i won't worry about if we're going to be together,
because why should i care when you never did.

ten.

it only hurt the first time so you'd know
how much it didn't hurt the second time.
-- pleasefindthis

eleven.

some rise by sin,
and some by virtue fall.
-- William Shakespeare

twelve.

i was once afraid of people saying,
"who does she think she is?"
now i have the courage to stand and say
"this is who i am."

thirteen.

we've all got scars as big as ours,
a token for the pain we hide inside of us,
everyone's scared that somebody knows,
you push it aside, yeah, that's how it goes.
-- My Favorite Highway (lyrics)

fourteen.

i could conquer the world with one hand,
as long as you're holding the other.

fifteen.

i don't know if you felt that or not. but it felt like two people kissing after hours of thinking about it. it felt like two people talking after nights of silence. it felt like two people touching after weeks of being numb. it felt like two people facing each other after months of looking away. it felt like two people in love after years of being alone. and it felt like two people meeting each other, after an entire lifetime of not meeting each other. -- pleasefindthis

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one.

it's such a lie that you should do what's in your heart. if we all did what was in our hearts, the world would come to a halt.
-- My So-Called Life

two.

it's weird, you know, the end of something that has taken so much time to get over is coming, and you're so relieved that it's finally here but you still, for some reason, want to hold on. just for one more second. just so it can
hurt a little more.

three.

stay mad as long as you can.
because once you're not mad anymore; it hurts.
it hurts like hell and once it hurts that bad,
you can't make yourself mad anymore.
-- Little Black Book

four.

someone will always catch you when you fall,
and it won't be who you thought it would be.
the people that love you most might watch
you fall, wait, and congratulate you when
you find your own way back up.
this doesn't mean they love you less,
they just know that you're stronger
than you give yourself credit for.

five.

i don't like to do what people expect.
then they expect it all the time, and
they get disappointed when you change.
-- 10 Things I Hate About You

six.

some of us know how we came by our fortune, and some of us don't, but we wear it all the same. -- The Poisonwood Bible

seven.

i guess i was tired of of being let down.
because the number of times
i've been hurt is uncountable,
and the number of times that
i've let go is unbearable.

eight.

you might not have a wrecking ball
but you can still take down a wall
one brick at a time.
-- pleasefindthis

nine.

please know there are much better things in life than being lonely or liked or bitter or mean or self-conscious. we are all full of shit. go love someone just because. i know your heart may be badly bruised, or even the victim of numerous knifings, but it will always heal. even if you don't want it to, it keeps going. there are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there, i promise.
it is up to you to find them.

ten.

to me, fearless is not the absence of fear. it's not being completely unafraid. to me, fearless is having fears. fearless is having doubts. lots of them. to me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. fearless is falling madly in love again, even though you've been hurt before. fearless is walking into your freshman year of high school at fifteen. fearless is getting up and fighting for what you want over and over again...even though every time you've tried before, you've lost. it's fearless to have faith that someday things will change. fearless is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even though you can't breathe without them. i think it's fearless to fall for your best friend even though he's in love with someone else. and when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they'll never stop doing, i think it's fearless to stop believing them. it's fearless to say "you're not sorry", and walk away. i think loving someone despite what people think is fearless. i think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is fearless. letting go is fearless. then, moving on and being alright...that's fearless too. but no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. you have to believe in love stories and prince charming and happily ever after. that's why i write these songs. because i think love is fearless. -- Taylor Swift

eleven.

i wanted to write you one perfect song
to make you cry in your sleep.
a soundtrack to your dreams,
to let you know that i'm watching
and making sure it turns out alright.
i guess i wanted to make you feel something.
i wanted to make you feel everything.

twelve.

you're just another story
i can't tell anymore.
-- pleasefindthis

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